Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair

Melinda French Gates (Christophe Ena/AP)

Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the non-profit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world’s largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years.

“This is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates posted on the X platform on Monday.