New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Bill Gates has donated nearly $8 billion to a charity run by his ex-wife Melinda French Gates, marking one of the largest publicly disclosed philanthropic transfers in recent years.

The Microsoft co-founder made a $7.88 billion donation in 2024 to Melinda's Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation, according to a report by The New York Times. The contribution comes three years after the couple's split.

The donation was disclosed in a recent tax filing and is among the biggest public charitable gifts ever recorded, the new report stated. The filing also provides the first detailed financial insight into the 2021 divorce settlement between the former power couple.

Bill and Melinda Gates, once regarded as one of the world's ...