William Henry Gates is an American Billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist born on October 28, 1955. He co-founded Microsoft software with his friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates was the chairman, chief executive officer, and software architect.
He was born in Seattle, and in 1987, Gates was on the Forbes list of the World’s Wealthiest people. Microsoft made him rich, and in March 2020, when he went down the Microsoft board, he had 1.3% of the software and computing company shares. He has donated more than 59 billion dollars to the Gates Foundation.
He is a programmer and entrepreneur and founded the Gates Foundation for global health funds with his wife, Melinda. He works with partners in the United States and all over the world.
Bill Gates and Melinda
In his new book, How To Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates talks about what it takes to work for Greenhouse gas emissions in global warming. He says that innovation makes it cheaper and easier to reduce emissions in every nation. He addresses topics like high carbon prices, clean fuel standards, and clean electricity standards.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is set up for equity, poverty, and disease. They were married for 27 years and had three children before divorcing in 2021. Their children’s names were Rory, Jennifer, and Phoeber split is still continued by working for their nonprofit organization.
They first met at a sales meeting in New York City, and they instantly dished out time for a date. In 1993, Gates proposed to Melinda, and they were engaged, after which they traveled to Africa.
This made them clear in terms of real poverty. They were named the Time’s Persons of The Year for $750 million in vaccine proceeds in January 2005 under their foundation.
Bill Gates and Melinda (Credits: BBC)
Bill Gates Divorce Settlement
In May 2021, after a long and meritorious share together, they announced a split. It was a joint statement on Twitter talking about their decision to end a productive marriage. They have stuff in common, like passion and belief in their foundation, but they think that they have stopped growing as a couple.
They have been looking for privacy for their family in this new situation. In court documents, the marriage dissolution documents say that Melinda wouldn’t change her name or receive any spousal support from her husband. Their relationship needed her to be on a different path, and the decision was certainly emotional, getting her teary-eyed.
She also has anger issues, and it was painful for her to embark on this journey of healing. The working couple has been grieving simultaneously as they grew up together and did a lot together. They are lucky that a part of their relationship is still alive and continuing, and they have reflected on having a great marriage.
Gates is grateful to have a family, kids, and a job. For Melinda, moving on was painful, but she had her privacy. It has been confirmed by sources that Bill Gates is dating Paula Hurd, the widow of Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, who died in October 2019.
