The kids, the foundation, the enjoyment we had. … We had a lot of amazing things in our marriage. In response to French Gates’s comments, Bill Gates said, “This was a very tough thing. “How can I get up? How am I going to move?” she would ask herself, she said. “I couldn’t trust what we had.”įrench Gates also revealed that she cried numerous times during her marriage, sometimes while lying on the floor. “There just came a point in time where there was enough there that I realized it just wasn’t healthy,” she said. In an interview with CBS in March, French Gates explained that numerous factors led to the couple’s high-profile divorce last May.
Gates refused to disclose additional details about the affair, saying: “I don’t think delving into the particulars at this point is constructive, but yes, I caused pain and I feel terrible about that.” It was sad and tragic, but now we’re moving together.” Gates added: “Melinda and I are continuing to work together. I feel good that all of us are moving forward now.” “I have responsibility for causing a lot of pain to my family. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.“The divorce is definitely a sad thing,” the 66-year-old billionaire and philanthropist said. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account “Melinda has incredible strengths that she brings that help the foundation be better.” “That would definitely be the best thing for the foundation,” Gates said. Gates told CNN he hopes Melinda French Gates will stay. If not, Bill Gates will pay his ex-wife to leave the foundation using his own personal funds. The tech magnate has focused most of his time in recent years on global health issues through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose leader recently told staffers that the Gates family would determine over the next two years whether it’s possible for them to continue their foundation work together. “Within the family, we’ll heal the best that we can.” “It’s a time of reflection, and at this point, I need to go forward,” Gates told CNN. Gates declined to respond to the Wall Street Journal’s reporting that his social connection to Epstein played a role in his divorce from Melinda French Gates, which was finalized this week. The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said his cause of death was suicide by hanging. In August of 2019, Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell. He also registered as a sex offender and paid restitution to the victims identified by the FBI. Instead of facing federal charges, Epstein pleaded guilty to two state prostitution charges and served just 13 months in prison. The well-connected hedge fund manager previously evaded similar charges when he secured a non-prosecution deal with federal prosecutors in Miami in 2008. In July 2019, federal prosecutors in New York unsealed a criminal indictment accusing Epstein of having operated a sex trafficking ring in which he sexually abused dozens of underage girls, allegations that had circulated around the politically connected businessman for years. “When it looked like that wasn’t a real thing, that relationship ended.” “I had several dinners with him, you know, hoping that what he said about getting billions of philanthropy for global health through contacts that he had might emerge,” Gates said. Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday, Gates said he only met with Epstein in the hopes of raising more money to deal with global health issues. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Elaine Thompson/AP/FILEīill and Melinda Gates have been working on their divorce since 2019, WSJ reports
They said they're not fazed by recent blowback against wealthy giving, including viral moments at the World Economic Forum and the shifting political conversation about taxes and socialism. The couple, whose foundation has the largest endowment in the world, are pushing back against a new wave of criticism about whether billionaire philanthropy is a force for good. 1, 2019 photo, Bill and Melinda Gates are interviewed in Kirkland, Wash.
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