Bill and Melinda Gates’ estate will be governed by a separation contract, court documents show After 27 years of marriage, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda filed divorce documents on May 3, citing a broken relationship as the reason for the split. Reuters Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie split in 2019. Mr Bezos paid $38bn to settle the divorce. Getty Images French-American businessman and art dealer Alec Wildenstein divorced his wife of 21 years, Jocelyn Wildenstein in 1999. AFP Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and journalist Maria Torv were married for 31 years, but the couple agreed to separate in 1998. Getty Images Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone divorced international model Slavica Radić in 2009 after 25 years of marriage. Photo: Alamy