Posted on 05/03/2021 2:39:02 PM PDT by algore
Bill Gates, the fourth richest man in the world with a fortune of $124billion, and his wife Melinda are divorcing after 27 years of marriage.
The 65-year-old Microsoft founder and his 56-year-old wife announced the split on Twitter.
They both posted the same joint statement which read: 'After a great deal of thought and a lot of work, 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. We continue to share a belief in tat mission and will continue to work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.
'We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life.'
The couple have three kids; Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 18.
It comes less than two weeks after they made their last public appearance, virtually, at a COVID event for healthcare workers.
Gates was already a billionaire when the pair got married in the early 1990s. He founded Microsoft in 1975 and became the world's youngest billionaire in 1987 at the age of 31. He also met Melinda that year.
They married six years later but he deliberated over it and, according to previous interviews given by Melinda, even made a list of pros and cons for marriage on a whiteboard.
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File that story under “Nerd Romance.” Dear Lord, better those two women to engage romantically with him than the normal women in the world. Since I am not at his intelligence level and since I have common sense for living daily life, I would be alternately bored stiff and greatly annoyed by him.
My mistake. It’s in Medina.
Kinda ironic that Gates is asking us to respect his privacy.
Nobody believes a liar even when they are telling the truth.
Vaccines are actually great. Cured polio measles smallpox.
But if the government is going to lie to us about global warming and secondhand smoke, for the greater good then who’s to say they’re not lying about this.
Why are all these tech moguls married to women that look like men? Bezos’ ex looks like she can kick my ass, and Melinda looks like John Kerry in drag. Is it some weird fetish thing or what?
How much growing does one have left at the age of 65 ??? I will bet Bill has some young chicky on the side!!!
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