Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announce their divorce on tweet. Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates and Melinda Gates said that they had decided to part ways after 27 years of marriage. The two will continue to work together in the area of philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 3, 2021
Melinda Gates had joined Microsoft in 1987 as a product manager.
She and Bill Gates got married in 1994 on the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
They both jointly ran the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which has donated funds in the fight against COVID-19, climate change, and to advocate women rights.
Statement States :
“No changes to their roles or the organization are plan,”
“They will continue to work together to shape and approve foundation strategies, advocate for the foundation’s issues, and set the organization’s overall direction.”
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