Bill Gates and Melinda have announced the end of their 27-year marriage. They made the announcement in a Twitter message. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world.
Bill and Melinda formed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation is working in different parts of the world. The foundation is spending billions of dollars around the world fighting infectious diseases and encouraging children to be vaccinated.
“We don’t believe we can be a couple together,” the BBC quoted Bill and Melinda as saying.
.They have known each other since Melinda joined Bill Gates’ company, Microsoft, in the late eighties. They have three children.
According to Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world. His net worth is ৪ 124 billion. He is involved in the ‘The Giving Pledge’ initiative with Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world. The goal of this initiative is to use a large portion of the wealth of the world’s top rich to charity.