Melinda French Gates resigning as co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will resign as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Seattle-based philanthropic organization she started with her ex-husband in 2000.

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