Melinda French Gates is embarking on her first romance since her high-profile divorce from ex-husband Bill Gates.
The philanthropist has been dating Jon Du Pre, a former correspondent for Fox News and now works as a communications specialist, for the last few months, TMZ reported.
It’s unclear how long the pair have been seeing each other, but Du Pre and French Gates, 58, were photographed together at Nets and Celtics game as far back as April.
The outlet also reported that the pair, in addition to some members of their families, stayed at Pelican Hill — the 5-star hotel in Newport Beach, Calif.
The “Prodigal Father” author, 63, shares three children with his ex-wife, Gina: sons Kasey and Jonny, who graduated from BYU, and daughter Jessie, who graduated from University of Utah.
Reps for French Gates didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.
French Gates and the Microsoft co-founder finalized their divorce in August 2021 after 27 years of marriage just three months after announcing their split.
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” they said in a joint statement at the time.
The former couple founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation while they were together and built it into one of the largest charitable organizations in the world; however, French Gates later admitted that her ex’s association with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein played a role in her decision to leave Gates.
“I did not like that he had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no. I made that clear to him,” the former computer scientist told Gayle King on “CBS Mornings.”
“He was abhorrent. He was evil personified. My heart breaks for these women.”
