Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced his divorce on the 3rd, triggering public concern. TMZ, an entertainment news site owned by America Online, released more details on the 6th. The report said Gates and his wife Melinda’s divorce was not an amicable breakup, they decided to divorce several months ago and had planned to announce the divorce in March.
The report quoted sources as saying that Melinda rented an island in Grenada for $132,000 and planned to have their three children and other important people come to the island, except for Bill Gates. Fox said Melinda’s move was an attempt to avoid close media attention. The report said the family had known for a long time that the two were getting divorced, and almost all of the family members sided with Melinda, who was very angry with Gates, which is why he was not invited to the island.
“TMZ also summarized 2 key points.
First, Gates’ divorce from his wife Melinda was not an amicable breakup. Melinda and most of her family members were angry at Gates for all the things he had done.
Second, it was clear that the divorce had been in the works for a long time. In the end, they seem to have almost reached a property settlement, and the lawyers have been working on it for months.
Gates and his wife Melinda issued a joint statement on the 3rd announcing their divorce. The statement said that after the divorce, the two will continue to work together on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The statement said that after much deliberation, the two decided to end their marriage. The statement reads that the two have been married for 27 years and have three children. After the divorce, the two will continue to work together on the foundation’s work. The statement asked the outside world to respect the space and privacy of their family.
Gates, 65, and Melinda, 56, met at Microsoft and married in 1994, and Bill Gates remained the world’s richest man for 13 years from 1995 to 2007. The foundation is one of the world’s largest philanthropic foundations.
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