Gates 創立／基礎 始める，決めるs 2-year, 地位，任命する-離婚 力／強力にする 株 裁判，公判
NEW YORK (AP) - 法案 Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-議長，司会を務めるs of their 創立／基礎 even after their planned 離婚. However, if after two years Gates and French Gates decide they cannot continue in their 役割s, French Gates will 辞職する her positions as co-議長，司会を務める and trustee, The 法案 and Melinda Gates 創立／基礎 発表するd Wednesday.
If French Gates 辞職するs, Gates would essentially buy her out of the 創立／基礎, one of the world's largest 私的な charitable organizations, and she would receive 資源s from him to do her own philanthropic work. The 資源s received would be separate from the 創立／基礎's endowment, によれば the 告示.
示す Suzman, the 創立／基礎´s CEO, said in an interview with The Associated 圧力（をかける） that the 告示 was made so the former couple could be "transparent about an 協定 they´ve made with each other."
"That is part of the 私的な 協定 between the two of them as part of their wider 離婚 協定," Suzman said. "They´ve both 保証するd me, 個々に and together, and in the way they´ve been showing up in the work for the last two months, that their 十分な 意図 and かかわり合い is to be long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 co-議長，司会を務めるs trustees of the 創立／基礎. And that´s 正確に／まさに what we´re planning around."
To 反映する that かかわり合い to continue the Gates 創立／基礎 - which the Gateses 言及する to as their "fourth child" - together, Gates and French Gates 発表するd an 付加 $15 billion to the 創立／基礎's endowment, which had stood at nearly $50 billion. It´s the largest 私的な 創立／基礎 in the world, 認めるing out $5 billion 毎年 for programs in 全世界の health, education and other areas.
"It makes sense if somebody is going to leave to do their own thing, it would be Melinda," said David Callahan, the 創立者 of the Inside Philanthropy website and author of "The Givers: Wealth, 力／強力にする, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age."
FILE - In this April 21, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Philanthropist and co-創立者 of Microsoft, 法案 Gates, 権利, and his wife Melinda 反応する, 事前の to 存在 awarded the Legion of Honour at the Elysee Palace in Paris. 法案 Gates and Melinda French Gates will continue to work together as co-議長，司会を務めるs of their foundati on even after their planned 離婚. However, if after two years they cannot continue in their 役割s, French Gates will 辞職する her positions as co-議長，司会を務める and trustee, The 法案 and Gates Melinda 創立／基礎 発表するd Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, Pool)
French Gates has raised her profile on women's and girls 問題／発行するs in 最近の years. In 2019, she committed $1 billion toward 前進するing gender equality in the U.S., 特記する／引用するing the low 率s of women in leadership positions. She was also one of the （衆議院の）議長s at last week's U.N. Women's Generational Equality 会議, where the Gates 創立／基礎 made a $2.1 billion, five-year 誓約（する） to 前進する gender equality.
"You could easily imagine her going off and starting a new philanthropic 企業 that´s 焦点（を合わせる）d on gender 公正，普通株主権 and women´s empowerment, that´s very different than the Gates 創立／基礎," Callahan said. "But it´s hard to imagine 法案 Gates starting his own thing outside the Gates 創立／基礎, because much of what he´s 利益／興味d in is what the Gates 創立／基礎 does."
Suzman also 発表するd Wednesday that the 創立／基礎 would 拡大する its board of trustees, though the number of trustees has not been 決定するd. 現在／一般に, only Gates and French Gates are on the board of trustees, after Berkshire Hathaway CEO 過密な住居 Buffett 辞職するd as trustee in June. His 出発, Suzman says, signaled to the charitable group that it was time to 拡大する its leadership.
"We thought even if they (法案 and Melinda) do work 効果的に and continue to work 効果的に together, that´s not going to be optimal governance," Suzman said. "And so, this is the 権利 time to 拡大する the number of trustees and bring in some 独立した・無所属 and thoughtful outside 発言する／表明するs who can help guide and 強化する the 創立／基礎 over the long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語."
Suzman and the 創立／基礎´s 長，指導者 operating officer and 長，指導者 合法的な officer, Connie Collingsworth, will lead the search for new trustees. 法案 and Melinda Gates will then 認可する the 選択s, with new tru stees 推定する／予想するd to be 発表するd in January 2022. Gates and French Gates said 分かれて that the changes will 支える the 創立／基礎´s 使節団 and bring more diverse 視野 to its leadership.
The news will likely be welcomed by many philanthropy 専門家s, who have called for 多様制 in the 創立／基礎´s leadership, arguing that too much 力／強力にする is concentrated in a few 手渡すs. But Suzman says outside calls for change have not 影響（力）d their 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 拡大する the board of trustees.
"This is a 決定／判定勝ち（する） taken by 法案 and Melinda in 協議 with 過密な住居 after he decided to step 負かす／撃墜する from the board," Suzman said.
Questions about the sustainability of the 創立／基礎 渦巻くd after Gates and French Gates 発表するd in May that they were 離婚ing after 27 years of marriage. The 宣言 stunned many, 含むing Suzman, who heard about the 離婚 about 24 hours before it was made public.
"It´s 明確に a surprise when the two people whose 指名する is on the building, and who are my bosses, 発表する they´re getting 離婚d," he said. "I think it was a surprise to the 創立／基礎 staff. But I think we´ve all been adjusting."
The 創立／基礎 has also 直面するd scrutiny に引き続いて 最近の 主張s that 法案 Gates 追求するd women who worked for him at Microsoft Corp., the company he co-設立するd, and at the 創立／基礎. Microsoft decided last year that it wasn´t appropriate for Gates to sit on its board as they 調査／捜査するd the 億万長者´s 事前の romantic 関係 with a 女性（の） Microsoft 従業員 that was みなすd 不適切な. The 法案 and Melinda Gates 創立／基礎 has said that it is not 調査／捜査するing the 主張s in the マスコミ made by "an 匿名の／不明の former 従業員."
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