Bill and Melinda Gates say they will “continue our work together at the foundation.”
But this obviously will be very complicated!
This is obviously a sad and personal story.
But given that Bill and Melinda Gates co-run one of the — if not THE — world’s most powerful and most venerated philanthropies, this is a massive story with enormous implications for the public at large.
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott’s divorce was the most expensive settlement ever.
$36 billion.
Chances this is bigger?
Reporters don't usually cover divorces. It's a private matter.
But the fact is that this is an earthquake moment for the nonprofit sector.
Bill and Melinda Gates spend $5 billion a year around the world.
What happens to that warchest is a public matter in the public interest.
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I think my Venture for America story is getting significantly more play today than it did when it was published in 2019.
Then, it was a cute piece about a political neophyte. Now, it and the NYT’s piece are badly needed scrutiny on the front runner to be the next mayor of NYC.
Mike Moritz, the Sequoia billionaire who donated $25 million and helped broker the summer school arrangement, told Recode that he was trying to help local schoolchildren “and nothing beyond that.”