Bill Gates & Wife Melinda Splitting After 27 Years Of Marriage

Bill Gates is about to be a single man, and he’s also about to know how painful divorce can be for a billionaire.

Gates and his wife Melinda are separating. Bill Gates is 65-years-old and is divorcing his 56-year-old author wife, saying that they cannot grow together as a couple anymore.

Melinda made the announcement on Twitter to let everyone know what is going on in their new life journey.

“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” she wrote. “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 believer 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. We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life.”

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Bill Gates also shared the same message on his Twitter account.

Bill and Melinda have done a lot of good as a couple, establishing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. That foundation is one of the largest charities in the world worth over $46.8 billion.

The couple has three children, Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 18. The divorce proceedings could get very pricy on this split. Bill Gates’ net worth is currently sitting at $130 billion.