Bill Gates and Melinda Gates to divorce after 27 years of marriage, announces divorce

- His charitable organization will be the Bill & Melinda Foundation

New delhi date. 4 May 2021, Tuesday

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, and his wife Milinda Gates have decided to separate after almost 27 years of their marriage. Bill Gates has informed about this by tweeting. "After a lot of deliberation and work on our relationship, we have decided to get a divorce," he said. He has released a statement on Twitter in which he has written this.

"Over the past 27 years, we have raised three children and built an outstanding organization that contributes to the health and well-being of people around the world," he wrote. We will always continue this mission and continue to help people. Bill Gates runs an organization called the Bill & Melinda Foundation.

Now it is natural that if the richest man in the world is getting divorced at one time, people will be curious about the division of wealth. According to Forbes' 35th list, Bill Gates currently has a net worth of about 4 124 billion. He is currently the fourth richest person in the world. First on the list right now is Jeff Bezos.

According to a report released a few months ago, Bill Gates earned Rs 12,054 per second, or Rs 102 crore a day. Even if they spend Rs 6.5 crore every day, it will take them 218 years to spend all the money.

Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates first met in 1987. That's when Melinda started working as a product manager for Microsoft. The couple were married in 1994 on the island of Lani, Hawaii.