BREAKING NEWS ! Bill and Melinda Gates Announce their Divorce

BREAKING NEWS ! Bill and Melinda Gates Announce their Divorce

Breaking News !

World’s fourth richest man, Bill Gates and wife Melinda are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage.

Bill posted the update over the night, (Monday/Tuesday) on his social media handles.

His post:

The announcement comes 2 years after the divorce of another one of the world’s richest man Amazon founder, Jeff Bezosand wife Mackenzie.

A few facts about Bill and Melinda:
  1. They met in the late 1980s when Melinda joined Bill’s Microsoft firm and have three children.
  2. The two got married in Hawaii in 1994 after Bill Gates had weighed the pros and cons on a blackboard.
  3. The couple runs Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which funds programmes in global health, gender equality, education, and other causes.
  4. They dedicated $20 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the foundation as they sought to increase their commitment to philanthropy, Bill Gates wrote in a 2019 blog post.
  5. The two are co-chairs and trustees of the foundation, which launched in 2000. The foundation has over $51 billion in assets, according to a tax filing.
  6. Bill Gates owns 1.37% of Microsoft’s outstanding shares, which are worth more than $26 billion, according to FactSet.
  7. The couple were creators, along with Warren Buffett, of the Giving Pledge, which involves giving away more than half of their wealth.