Bill and Melinda Gates call it quits after 27 years of marriage
The couple, founders and trustees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, met in the 1980s and were married in 1994.
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced that they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage.
The couple, founders and trustees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, met in the 1980s and were married in 1994. They have three children together.
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” they announced in a joint statement on Twitter.
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“Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable people to lead healthy productive lives.
“We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”
According to Forbes, Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world, with a net worth estimated at $124 billion (R1.78 trillion).
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