Melinda’s confession about ‘incredibly painful’ divorce from Bill Gates – ‘I couldn’t stay in this marriage anymore’

THE Melinda Gates opened up about her ‘incredibly painful’ divorce from the billionaire Microsoft founder, Bill Gatesexplaining that she “couldn’t stay in this marriage anymore,” while sharing her struggle to continue working with her ex-husband even as they were in the midst of a separation.

Melinda and Bill Gates they joined the bonds of matrimony in 1994 and were together for 27 years before announcing that their marriage ends in May 2021. Now the billionaire’s ex-wife has opened up about her decision to leave her husband of nearly three decades, telling Fortune magazine in a new interview that the pandemic helped her gain the “privacy to do what she needed to do.”

Melinda’s revelations about her divorce with Bill Gates

After their divorce, the couple reportedly split their $130 billion fortune, but it is not known exactly how they divided their countless material possessions. The couple owned homes in five different statesone fleet of carsamong which a rare Porsche worth $2 millionone art collection which includes a book of his writings and sketches Leonardo Da Vinci worth $30 million and a number of private jets.

Gates had a number of luxury mansions throughout the US – including Florida, California and Wyoming – but their primary family residence was in Washington, DC, near the Gates Foundation headquarters.