Founder Microsoft Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced on Monday about divorce.
“After many reflections and work on our relations, we decided to finish our marriage,” the spouses stated in a joint statement, which Gates posted in his Twitter.
– Bill Gates (@Billgates) May 3, 2021
Gates stated that for 27 years of marriage they raised three wonderful children and created a charity foundation, which works around the world. “We will continue to work together on the foundation, but we do not consider it more that we can grow together in this new phase of our life,” Gates noted, RIA Novosti reports.
The financial side of the divorce is not disclosed. Gates enters the top five richest businessmen, his family’s condition is estimated at $ 130 billion.