Melinda Gates - woman behind the empire as Bill Gates announces split after 27 years
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mirror.co.ukBill and Melinda Gates have announced they are to divorce after 27 years of marriage. Despite the break-up, the couple are planning to continue their work together on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private philanthropic foundation.
Microsoft co-founder Bill broke the shock news of the marital split on Twitter last night, admitting that despite a lot of work on the relationship he and Melinda have decided to go their separate ways.
Citing reasons for the break-up, Bill said he and Melinda believed they could 'no longer work together as a couple in the next phase of their lives'.
Bill, who is estimated to be worth $130billion (£93billion), took a step back from his duties with Microsoft in 2020 to focus on the
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