I think that’s part of why Bill and Melinda divorced. Melinda was always the philanthropist. They divorced right around the time Bill started buying up farm land in the Midwest, likely to hedge against food shortages he knew would take place as runaway climate change decimates a lot of the country. It was also around 2020, during the height of COVID, so a lot of that land was dirt (pun intended) cheap.

Just speculation on my part, but a lot of his moves around the time of his divorce coincided with his more capitalistic endeavors, including the pressure he put on Moderna and others to withhold releasing the COVID vaccine for free.