Bill Gates donated record $8 billion to Melinda French Gates’ foundation as part of their divorce settlement

Melinda French Gates has transformed her relatively young Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation into one of America’s largest private foundations almost overnight, in part due to her split with ex-husband Bill Gates.

As part of the pair’s high-profile divorce announced in 2021, Gates agreed to make a $7.88 billion donation—one of the largest ever—to French Gates’ private foundation, according to a tax filing, as previously reported by the New York Times’ DealBook.

Gates’ donation...