Bill and Melinda Gates have announced that they are ending their marriage after 27 years in a touching statement posted to Twitter. They made this announcement today, May 3, from their personal accounts

The couple met in 1987 after Melinda became a product manager at Microsoft and were seated next to each other at a business dinner in New York City. They were married in 1994 in Hawaii.

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Their statement read: "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship we have made the decision to end our marriage.

"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.

"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 this lives.

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"We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life."

The couple have three kids; Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 18. Melinda, 56, is nine years younger than Bill.

Throughout the pandemic their foundation has focused on the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world.

Shortly after their 25th wedding anniversary in 2019, Melinda told The Sunday Times that Bill struggled with balancing work with family.

She said: "We’ve just gotten to a point in life where Bill and I can both laugh about more things.

"And, believe me, I can remember some days that were so incredibly hard in our marriage where you thought, ‘Can I do this?"

Melinda said Bill was even hesitant to get married in the first place, adding: "When he was having trouble making the decision about getting married, he was incredibly clear that it was not about me, it was about "Can I get the balance right between work and family life?"

The Gates Foundation, founded in 1994, has more than 1,600 employees, and has issued grant payments of more than $54.8 billion, according to the foundation's web site.

Gates, 65, is No. 4 on The Forbes Billionaires list. with $124 billion, behind Jeff Bezos ($177 billion), Elon Musk ($157 billion), Bernard Arnault & Family ($150 billion)... and ahead of Mark Zuckerberg ($97 billion).

Source: https://www.newsmond.com/bill-and-melinda-gates-announce-divorce-after-27-years-of-marriage/