Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft has just announced in a tweet that he and his wife, Melinda Gates, will be splitting up after 27 years.
Bill Gates owns 1.37% of Microsoft’s outstanding shares, which are worth more than $26 billion.
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— Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 3, 2021Why did Bill and Melinda Gates divorce?
There is no official reason for the divorce but both of them released a statement via Twitter which reads:
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage.
Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives,” it read.
“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 the next phase of our lives.
“We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life.”
Last year Bill Gates stepped down from Microsoft’s board as the coronavirus became a force around the world. He began spending more time on the nonprofit Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation alongside Melinda Gates. The two are co-chairs and trustees of the foundation, which launched in 2000.
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Bill and Melinda Gates met at Microsoft. She had been a marketing manager at the software company.
The announcement comes two years after Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon announced that he and his wife, MacKenzie, were getting divorced. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are among the world’s richest people, and Amazon and Microsoft compete in the cloud computing business.
Bill Gates is the fourth wealthiest person in the world, according to Forbes, and is worth $124 billion
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