Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced, Monday evening, his separation from his wife Melinda Gates, after 27 years of their marriage.
Gates said in a statement issued by him and Melinda, posted on his Twitter account, that he and his wife will continue to work together on charitable work, which includes education, gender equality and health care. A decision to end our marriage. "
He continued: "We raised three wonderful children, and built an institution that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy and productive lives."
"We continue to share faith in this mission, and we will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in this next stage of our lives," he added.
Gates is ranked fourth among the world's richest billionaires on the Forbes list for 2021, with a fortune of $ 124 billion, and under Western law, a free woman gets half of the wealth of her husband.
The couple founded their charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in 2000. Since then, the foundation has spent $ 53.8 billion on a wide range of initiatives related to global health, poverty alleviation, and other issues, according to the organization's website.
And Bill and Melinda Gates met in 1987 at the "Microsoft" company founded by Bill Gates, and at that time he was CEO.
Melinda served as a manager in the first batch of MBA graduates to join the company, and eventually rose through the ranks to become General Manager Information Products.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced, Monday evening, his separation from his wife Melinda Gates, after 27 years of their marriage.
Gates said in a statement issued by him and Melinda, posted on his Twitter account, that he and his wife will continue to work together on charitable work, which includes education, gender equality and health care. A decision to end our marriage. "
He continued: "We raised three wonderful children, and built an institution that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy and productive lives."
"We continue to share faith in this mission, and we will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in this next stage of our lives," he added.
Gates is ranked fourth among the world's richest billionaires on the Forbes list for 2021, with a fortune of $ 124 billion, and under Western law, a free woman gets half of the wealth of her husband.
The couple founded their charitable organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in 2000. Since then, the foundation has spent $ 53.8 billion on a wide range of initiatives related to global health, poverty alleviation, and other issues, according to the organization's website.
And Bill and Melinda Gates met in 1987 at the "Microsoft" company founded by Bill Gates, and at that time he was CEO.
Melinda served as a manager in the first batch of MBA graduates to join the company, and eventually rose through the ranks to become General Manager Information Products.
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