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Bill gates says he would choose to marry ex-wife Melinda "all over again"

Bill Gates opened up about his current working relationship with Melinda French Gates and expressed how he feels about the end of their marriage.

A person passes by on a scooter in front of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
Climate Change

Gates Foundation, Qatar to spend $200m on climate-adaptive agriculture

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates attend a news conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
World+Biz

Bill Gates says divorce from Melinda a 'very sad milestone,' meetings with Epstein a 'mistake'

Bill and Melinda Gates are presented with the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom by President Obama at White House on November 22, 2016 in Washington, DC.Photographer: Leigh Vogel/WireImage
World+Biz

Gates Foundation says co-chair Melinda could leave after two years

FILE PHOTO: Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, takes his seat to speak at the Fortune's Most Powerful Women's Summit in Washington October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
World+Biz

Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation, has donated half his fortune

A welcome plaque is pictured outside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, US May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
World+Biz

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates explore changes to charitable foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates are presented with the 2016 Presidential Medal Of Freedom by President Obama at White House on November 22, 2016 in Washington, DC.Photographer: Leigh Vogel/WireImage
Global Economy

Bill and Melinda Gates start dividing a $145 billion fortune

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates attend a news conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 30, 2009. More than 40 heads of state and government -- almost double the number last year -- will be joined at the WEF meeting by 36 finance ministers and central bankers, including the central bank chiefs of all the G8 group of rich countries except the United States. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
World+Biz

Bill and Melinda Gates agreed 'separation contract' before divorce announcement

FILE PHOTO: Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates (L) and his wife Melinda talk, after being awarded Commanders of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Zihnioglu/Pool/File Photo
Analysis

How will Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce impact their charity?

Bill and Melinda Gates formed the William H. Gates Foundation in 1994. Photo: Reuters
Analysis

The end of more than a marriage?

American business magnate Bill Gates and wife Melinda Gates attend a news conference by United Nations's movement "Every Woman, Every Child" in Manhattan, New York September 24, 2015. Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child is a global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals, the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women and children around the world, the United Nations stated on its website. REUTERS/Pearl Gabel/File Photo
Analysis

Gates’ marital split follows Melinda’s long journey away from Bill’s shadow

Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019. Photo:Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Gates Foundation adds $70 million more funding for Covid vaccines for poor

The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg, France, February 1, 2018. Picture taken February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Coronavirus chronicle

Eli Lilly in deal to supply Covid-19 drugs to low-income countries