The billionaire investor said he was resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,and had donated half his wealth to philanthropy.
Co-founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen,Microsoft has just taken its place in the history books as just the second US public company to reach a $US2 trillion market value.
For almost three decades,Michael Larson has quietly shuffled around one of the world’s biggest fortunes with a chief priority:Keep his fabulously wealthy bosses out of the headlines.
A source leaked tax data to ProPublica on the wealthiest people in the US,including Jeff Bezos,Elon Musk,Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg.
On at least a few occasions,Gates pursued women who worked for him at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,say people with direct knowledge of his overtures.
At the centre of the couple’s fortune is a little-known entity called Cascade Investment that is operated with an obsessive level of secrecy.
Melinda Gates began working with divorce lawyers well over a year ago due in part to unease over her husband’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein,according to the Wall Street Journal.
Melinda French Gates as frequently spearheaded efforts focused on women’s empowerment,an area where some experts say she could expand her giving.
The divorce of the American billionaire power couple has parallels that go back to Charlotte Bronte and her fictional creation Jane Eyre.
The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has worked hard to keep his private life just that,but the announcement of his split from wife Melinda has huge ramifications.
The details of the waterfront compound have been kept incredibly private by the Gates family — so much so that a tour of the property went for $45,000 at a charity auction.