Bill Gates ex-wife: divorce brings great pain, Bezos ex-wife is a model of charity

Beijing, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) Melinda, ex-wife of billionaire Bill Gates, said in an interview on Monday that divorce was "incredibly painful in many ways" and praised Jeff Jeff Bezos's ex-wife as a great philanthropic role model.

The pain of ▲ Gates'ex-wife Melinda Gates' divorce Melinda talked about her divorce from Gates and how she continued to co-chair the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation after divorce, managing the foundation with her ex-husband.

"I continue to work with the person I'm leaving and I need to make the best of myself every day." Melinda said of working with Gates. She also revealed that she would cry some mornings before virtual meetings with Gates and the foundation's colleagues, but added that the foundation "needs me to be the best I can be."

Although they divorced during the COVID-19 epidemic, Melinda said the epidemic "gave me privacy to do what I needed to do", which also helped her tide over the divorce. She said protecting her children was her main concern during the divorce. Mr. and Mrs. Gates have three children, each of whom will inherit only $10 million.

Melinda said in an interview in March that there was no specific reason for her divorce, just because she finally "realized that the marriage had become unhealthy and I couldn't believe our relationship."

Bezos's ex-wife is a role model for philanthropy. Coincidentally, Bezos has also divorced his wife, Mackenzie MacKenzie Scott. After the divorce, Mackenzie became a high-profile philanthropist. In the three years since the signing of the donation Pledge, Mackenzie has donated more than $12 billion. In the interview, Melinda talked about the different donation strategies between the two.

▲ Mackenzie and Melinda have adopted different giving strategies. "I have a lot of respect for Mackenzie and what she has done," Melinda said. "I think she is doing a charity that is more based on trust. Don't deceive yourself that there is no analysis behind this, but she sent a signal in the market that'I believe this person (who received the donation) knows what to do. 'she didn't set up a large charity and didn't do any in-depth technical work, right? "

Melinda believes Mackenzie's idea of giving can inspire others. "A lot of philanthropists come over, look at our foundation and say,'Oh, my God, I would never do that,'" Melinda said. "it takes a long time to build an institution, so people are looking for different ways to do it. I think her model is a great example, and I think you'll see others follow suit."

Recently, Mackenzie filed for divorce from her second husband.