Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Announce Divorce After 27 Years
May 3, 2021 6:20PM EDT
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 14: Melinda Gates and Bill Gates speak on stage during The Robin Hood Foundation’s 2018 benefit at Jacob Javitz Center on May 14, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood)
Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Monday that the couple, after 27 years of marriage, are getting divorced.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 3, 2021
Mr. and Ms. Gates went on to say that they had “built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives” but that they “no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”
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