Bill Gates and Melinda parted ways 27 years later
Microsoft founder and world’s richest man Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have announced the end of their 27-year marriage.
Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, said in a joint statement that they had decided to end the marriage after much deliberation. He said that in his 27 years of marriage, he raised 3 children and formed a foundation through which the welfare of the people of the world is worked for.
He added that they would continue to work for their foundation but as a couple they could not go further.
He pleaded that because of the separation, he hoped no one would interfere in his new private life.