Bill Gates made his first public appearance Wednesday since his bombshell divorce announcement — and was still wearing his wedding ring.

The Microsoft co-founder participated in an “armchair conversation” with the US Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark to talk about  lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

His wedding band was clearly visible on his left ring finger.

Gates — who joined virtually from home — appeared animated as he discussed preparation for preventing the next health threat from escalating to a pandemic. 

“We’ve learned a lot that will help us for the next pandemic and by making some investments in [research and development], and then having factories available, having surveillance and a big team of experts on a global basis, we will next time handle something like this without anywhere near the damage that we had to go through,” said Gates, who was the last speaker of the two-day “Global Forum on Economic Recovery.”

It’s unclear which of Gates’ palatial homes he joined the summit from, but he has been lying low in recent weeks at an ultra-exclusive golf club in Indian Wells, California, where he owns property, a source told Page Six.

The virtual conference was the first time he returned to the spotlight since he split from his wife of 27 years, Melinda French Gates, earlier this month.

His appearance also comes on the heels of explosive revelations that he allegedly made unwanted advances on women he worked with at both Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

He also confirmed on Monday that he had a tryst with a Microsoft employee, who reportedly penned a letter about the relationship that reached the company’s board in 2019 and prompted them to bring in an outside law firm to launch an investigation.

Though he resigned from the company’s board during the probe, he has denied that his departure had anything to do with the relationship.

“There was an affair almost 20 years ago which ended amicably,” a spokeswoman told the Wall Street Journal.

He has blasted the “rumors and speculation” surrounding the end of his marriage.

“It is extremely disappointing that there have been so many untruths published about the cause, the circumstances and the timeline of Bill Gates’s divorce,” a spokeswoman, Bridgitt Arnold, told the New York Times.

“The rumors and speculation surrounding Gates’s divorce are becoming increasingly absurd, and it’s unfortunate that people who have little to no knowledge of the situation are being characterized as ‘sources.’”