The 27-year marriage of Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the world's richest man for years, eventually ended in divorce. Bill Gates, 65, and his wife Melinda Gates, 56, released a joint statement on their Twitter accounts yesterday, informing the world of their decision to end their marriage.
According to Mail Online, Bill Gates and Melinda's 27-year marriage, which ended yesterday, began when Melinda took a job as a product manager at Bill Gates' company, Microsoft, and beat Bill Gates in a mental test. Defeated, Bill Gates decided to marry her. In 1987, Melinda joined Microsoft. One day, Bill Gates and Melinda sat down at a business dinner in New York City, after which the two began dating.
Initially, the relationship between the two was superficial and impermanent and both were not serious about it, but once in 2019, Melinda said in an interview that we both liked puzzles and math games so much that they became the reason for our love. In the same interview, Melinda said that one night in Bill Gates' bedroom, she made a "pro and con list" about our marriage on a whiteboard, arguing why we should get married. Should and on the other hand why not get married. Marrying Bill Gates on this list was more beneficial for both of them, so they got married in 1994 in the US state of Hawaii, seven years after their first meeting.
Melinda quit her job at Microsoft when she became pregnant almost two years after the marriage and moved into a home. Bill Gates was shocked by his decision. They had three children. The eldest daughter, Jennifer, is now 25, while Rory is 21 and Phoebe is 18. After 27 years of beautiful marital partnership, Bill Gates and Melinda have finally stated in their joint statement: "We are convinced that we cannot move forward together in the next phase of life, so we decided to part ways by mutual consent.
