{"id":105343,"date":"2026-04-23T00:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/weeks-after-bill-gates-plan-to-shut-gates-foundation-ceo-sends-layoff-memo-to-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:36:20","slug":"weeks-after-bill-gates-plan-to-shut-gates-foundation-ceo-sends-layoff-memo-to-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/weeks-after-bill-gates-plan-to-shut-gates-foundation-ceo-sends-layoff-memo-to-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeks after Bill Gates\u2019 plan to shut Gates Foundation; CEO sends layoff memo to staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to lay off up to 500 employees, approximately 20% of its workforce, as part of a cost-control effort. This move aligns with the foundation&#8217;s plan to wind down by 2045 and aims to cap operating expenses at $1.25 billion while increasing program spending to a record $9 billion in 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation is preparing to lay off up to 500 employees, approximately 20% of its workforce, as part of a cost-control effort. This move aligns with the foundation&#8217;s plan to wind down by 2045 and aims to cap operating expenses at $1.25 billion while increasing program spending to a record $9&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/weeks-after-bill-gates-plan-to-shut-gates-foundation-ceo-sends-layoff-memo-to-staff\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weeks after Bill Gates\u2019 plan to shut Gates Foundation; CEO sends layoff memo to staff<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":105344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}