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Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce this week after 27 years of marriage. A young Bill and Melinda Gates, riding in the back of a truck, were on the continent for the first time in 1993 -- there to see animals, nature and discuss their priorities as a soon-to-be married couple. But what they saw sparked a broader conversation about the enormous fortune they'd already begun to amass. "It was our first sustained look at extreme poverty," Melinda said in a speech in Abu Dhabi in 2016. It was "the beginning of our education about the challenges facing the world's poorest people."

Gates divorce roils world's biggest family philanthropy engine Sophie Alexander, Bloomberg News It started with a safari in Africa. A young Bill and Melinda Gates, riding in the back of a truck, were on the continent for the first time in 1993 -- there to see animals, nature and discuss their priorities as a soon-to-be married couple. But what they saw sparked a broader conversation about the enormous fortune they’d already begun to amass. “It was our first sustained look at extreme poverty,” Melinda said in a speech in Abu Dhabi in 2016. It was “the beginning of our educa...