After 27 years of living together, "golden couple" Bill Gates and Melinda
Gates have suddenly announced their divorce. This statement is made on their
authenticated Twitter accounts.
"After a lot of thought and consideration about our relationship, we decided
to end our marriage." The announcement on Twitter said.
The couple Bill and Melinda Gates are often seen as a "golden couple" thanks
to a charity that bears their name - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was
established in 2000. Since then, the foundation has spent about $53.8 billion
for a series of global initiatives related to health, poverty reduction and
more.
"We have raised 3 wonderful children and built a fund that works around the
world to give people a safe and productive life." The statement said. "We will
continue to believe in that mission and will continue our joint efforts at the
foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in
the next phase of our life."
Melinda Gates filed for divorce in King County, Washington, but no financial
details have been made public.
Bill Gates is now one of the richest people in the world with a net worth of
$137 billion, according to the ranking of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Bill and Melinda Gates met at Microsoft at the time Bill was CEO of the
company. Meanwhile Ms. Melinda started out as a product manager as the first
woman in the company to obtain an MBA and eventually became the general
manager of information products.
The couple then got married in Hawaii in 1994. Besides volunteering around the
world, the Bill and Melinda Gates couple are also often viewed by the media as
a happy couple when informed, Bill Gates used to wash his wife's dishes every
night.
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