For a long time, philanthropy was dominated by men. Lately, however, the former wives of tech billionaires have also been attracting attention. What do women do differently than men when they donate to a good cause?
In the future, she alone will dispose of her billions: Melinda French Gates no longer wants to donate through the Gates Foundation.
When it comes to married life, the super-rich are quite normal: like around half of Americans, Bill and Melinda Gates divorced in May 2021 following 27 years of marriage. MacKenzie Scott left her ex-husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also in 2019.