{"id":7553,"date":"2021-05-03T22:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2021-05-03T22:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:20:31","slug":"bill-and-melinda-gates-announce-divorce-after-27-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/bill-and-melinda-gates-announce-divorce-after-27-years-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce after 27 years of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bill and Melinda Gates say they are getting divorced after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple.”<\/p>\n
“After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the pair wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a017-year-old Nigerian gets 19 scholarships worth over $5 million from US, Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The BBC<\/a> in its repot, said, the two met in the late 1980s when Melinda joined Bill’s Microsoft firm. They have three children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n They jointly run the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n The organisation has spent billions fighting causes such as infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations in children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Gates’ – along with investor Warren Buffett – are behind the Giving Pledge, which calls on billionaires to commit to giving away the majority of their wealth to good causes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Bill Gates is the fourth wealthiest person in the world, according to Forbes, and is worth $124 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He made his money through the firm he co-founded in the 1970s, Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The pair both posted the statement announcing their divorce on Twitter.<\/p>\n “Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives,” it read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bill and Melinda Gates say they are getting divorced after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple.” “After a great deal of thought and a lot […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,7],"tags":[381,1602,88],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-7553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"category-world","10":"tag-bill-gates","11":"tag-divorce","12":"tag-melinda-gates"},"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n