After the divorce, I left the foundation in July, abandoned political neutrality, and became free.
Support for the Democratic Party is also largely influenced by sons and daughters.
Melinda Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft (MS) founder Bill Gates, took a step back from politics when she was running the world’s largest charity project with Bill Gates.
I didn’t want to provoke a backlash from any government around the world, and I didn’t want to create conflict by supporting someone who might lose the election.
3 years since her divorce from Gates in 2021. Last June, following an agreement with Gates, he left the Bill-Melinda Gates Foundation and received $12.5 billion (about 17.11 trillion won) in funds for philanthropy.
The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 6th that Melinda, who holds a large amount of money, is active in politics as a major donor to the Democratic Party.
He donated more than $13 million (about 17.4 billion won) to organizations supporting the presidential campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.
He also publicly advocated for women’s right to terminate pregnancy, something that had been silenced for decades due to political risks.
In an interview with the NYT last month, he said, “Now I can decide whether to support a candidate or not. “When I was the CEO of the foundation, there were more things to consider,” he said.
Gates was not an ardent defender of liberal values and emphasized the need for bipartisan cooperation.
Although Melinda had a close relationship with Hillary Clinton, she did not support Clinton as a presidential candidate when she was competing against Donald Trump.
However, over the past few years, Melinda has significantly increased her donations to organizations supporting the Democratic Party, the NYT reported.
This time around, acquaintances said they became increasingly comfortable publicly supporting and donating to Harris.
Melinda has begun to expand her political footprint, for example by hiring Natalie Montelongo, a former political aide to President Joe Biden, to help with political donations.
He is said to have been especially influenced by his two children. Two of my children have asked me to support the Democratic Party in this election.
Her son, Lori, was an ambitious Democratic donor, whom Melinda recalled as having opened her eyes and taught her a lot since high school.
Her youngest daughter, Phoebe, who recently graduated from Stanford University, has a large social media following focused on abortion rights.
Melinda donated close to the legal maximum of $929,600 to the Harris camp in July.
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