Melinda Gates

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

The extent of Melinda's impact will likely be determined in part by what happens to Bill Gates' fortune, estimated by Forbes at around $130.5 billion

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates watch the swimming events at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
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Factbox: Wealth and philanthropy of Bill and Melinda Gates

FILE PHOTO: Philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda listen to the speech by French President Francois Hollande, prior to being awarded Commanders of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris
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Bill and Melinda Gates file for divorce, shaking philanthropic world

Bill Gates is pictured in 2017. He was worth $98 billion on March 18, according to Forbes. (REUTERS/Pierre Albouy)
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Bill Gates now top US farmland owner

Melinda Gates remembers Sir Abed
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Melinda Gates remembers Sir Abed

Philanthropist Melinda Gates attends an international conference on health in developing countries, in Oslo, Norway November 6, 2018/ Lise Aserud via Reuters
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Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women's rights