Melinda French Gates has been getting close to someone.
The billionaire philanthropist, 60, was photographed this week holding hands with tech entrepreneur Philip Vaughn in New York City — twice.
French Gates and Vaughn were seen together on Wednesday, Oct. 30 while getting into a car as they headed to Le Bernardin in Manhattan and then later, outside the French restaurant, according to Page Six.
Both were also smiling as they get off of a helicopter in New York before entering a black SUV earlier on Wednesday, according to The New York Post.
Representatives for French Gates had no comment.
On LinkedIn, Vaughn is listed as the founder and chairman of craft beer delivery company Tavour. He describes himself as having worked for Microsoft, a company co-founded by French Gates’ ex-husband, Bill Gates, between 1999 and 2008.
She and Gates divorced in August 2021. The pair, who share three children together, announced their separationthat …