After 27 years of marriage and three youngsters, the couple introduced their divorce in Might 2021 by a assertion launched on X:
“After a substantial amount of thought and a whole lot of work on our relationship, we’ve got made the choice to finish our marriage. We have now raised three unimaginable youngsters and constructed a basis that works everywhere in the world to allow all individuals to steer wholesome, productive lives,” the pair added. “We proceed to share a perception in that mission and can proceed our work collectively on the basis, however we not consider we are able to develop collectively as a pair on this subsequent section of our lives.” Their divorce was finalized three months later.
In Might 2024, regardless of prior claims that the previous couple would proceed to supervise the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis, Melinda introduced her plans to step down as co-chair. The 60-year-old philanthropist revealed on X: “Below the phrases of my settlement with Invoice, in leaving the muse, I’ll have an extra $12.5 billion to decide to my work on behalf of girls and households.”
