Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates have announced their separation after 27 years of togetherness.
This information has been informed in a report of BBC on Monday night.
According to the report, both Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their separation in a tweet, “We no longer believe that we can live together as a couple.”
Melinda became acquainted with Bill Gates after joining Microsoft in the late 1970s. The couple has three children.
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation is working in different countries of the world.
According to Forbes magazine, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world. His net worth is 124 billion US dollars. He is involved in the ‘The Giving Pledge’ initiative with Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world. The goal of this initiative is to donate a large portion of the wealth of the world’s top rich to charity.
