Updated: 4 May 2021, 8:42
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BILL and Melinda Gates divorce documents reveal their marriage was irretrievably broken and the billionaire exes have no prenup.
The legal papers obtained by The Sun reveal that Melinda, 56, filed for the divorce, and said that the parties are separated .
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8 The marriage is irretrievably broken, the documents say. We ask the court to dissolve our marriage and find that our marital community ended on the date stated in our separation contract.
There also appears to be no prenuptial agreement, as the filing states that the only written agreement that relates to the divorce is the aforementioned separation contract.
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Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have been married for 27 years. [Courtesy]
Billionaire benefactors Bill and Melinda Gates, co-founders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, filed for divorce on Monday after 27 years of marriage but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has become one of the most powerful and influential forces in global public health, spending more than $50 billion over the past two decades to bring a business approach to combating poverty and disease.
The Gates have backed widely praised programs in malaria and polio eradication, child nutrition and vaccines. The foundation last year committed some $1.75 billion to COVID-19 relief.
Bill Gates, 65, founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen.
His net worth stands at an estimated $130.5bn, according to Forbes, and he has donated $35.8bn worth of Microsoft stock to the couple’s foundation.
He announced last year he would be stepping down from Microsoft’s board to focus full-time on his work as the foundation’s co-chair.
Melinda Gates, 56, serves as the foundation’s co-chair and is the founder of Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company that focuses on advancing the interests of American women and families.
Launched in 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private philanthropic foundation in the United States and one of the biggest in the world, with net assets of $43.3 billion at the end of in 2019, according to its website.
After being married for 27 years with three children and a hugely influential foundation with an endowment reportedly worth nearly $50 billion, the divorce announcement has shaken the world. The impact of their announcement can be seen on social media.
One user pointed out, Imagine being so rich that your divorce can literally impact the state of funding for thousands of initiatives worldwide. That is literally wild. #MelindaGates #BillGates. Explaining in another tweet, For those who need an idea of what I mean - Bill and Melinda Gates own several foundations and organizations that fund public health research, business ventures, and more. Their announcement was basically a PSA that everything is going to be okay. Wow. lol.
What is Bill Gates net worth?
According to Forbes, American business magnate, founder and former chairman and CEO of Microsoft, philanthropist and author Bill Gates has a net worth of $124B, with a real-time net worth of $130.5B. Celebrity Net Worth puts him at $146B, adding that he has a salary of $1M.
Bill has been the wealthiest man on the planet for most of the last two decades. Currently, he is the world s fourth richest person after Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and LVMH s Bernald Arnault and family, the Town and Country Magazine reported.
Owns less than 1.3 per cent of Microsoft