There are signs change is coming to one of the world's most powerful philanthropic organisations.
Gates's reluctance to take decisive action at Cascade goes against the image he created of a philanthropist and champion of women's empowerment.
In the midst of a raging debate over IP rights, the million-dollar question is who owns the vaccine? Is it the pharma firms, the country origin, the university they are developed in or the people?
The board reviewed the matter and held a "thorough investigation" with the help of an external law firm, the software giant said
Board members investigated the billionaire's prior romantic relationship with a female Microsoft employee that was deemed inappropriate, according to a report in WSJ
The software giant had received a concern in 2019 that that Gates had tried to have an "intimate" relationship with an employee in 2000, Dow Jones cited a Microsoft spokesman as saying.
The separation involves the transfer of wealth on a scale that's rarely seen
The couple's net worth is estimated to be more than $124 billion, and includes assets as varied as real estate and rare artefacts.
The couple have said that they plan on remaining co-chairs and trustees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In a significant shift of stance, Gates Foundation has followed the line taken by the Biden administration to back the temporary waiver of intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines
The end of one marriage has implications for the 1,600 staff members who direct $5 billion in annual grants to 135 countries
Cascade Investment, the holding company created by Bill Gates, transferred stock in two of Mexico's largest companies to Melinda French Gates bringing the total amount more than $2 billion.
The couple are also among the largest landowners in the US and have homes including their 66,000-sqft mansion in Medina, Washington
Bill and Melinda Gates have promised to donate most of their wealth to charity, but their divorce would be the largest splitting of assets
Melinda is now the beneficial owner of 14.1 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co. worth about $1.5 billion.
Their decision puts at stake one of the world's greatest fortunes and one of world's largest philanthropy operations.
Gates's wealth then slumped with the dot-com bubble burst, and he regained the title of centibillionaire only in 2019
Company says it is working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman's wealth jumped on Wednesday to $100.4 billion
For Gates, it's not something Main Street should buy into - plus it's bad for the environment as mining the coins requires a lot of energy.