Tag: Melinda Gates

Bill Gates ex-wife Melinda Quits Gates Foundation, To Get $12.5bn

Ganiyu Amodu

Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the philanthropy mega foundation she established with her ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The resignation, which becomes effective on June 7, will leave Bill Gates as the sole chair of one of the world’s most influential and powerful non-governmental organizations. “After careful thought and reflection, I have decided to resign from my role as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” Melinda French Gates wrote in a statement posted on social media. The statement gave no reason for her departure, but…

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Bill Gates Finds Love Again 21 Months After Divorce

Precious Ibekwe

Widow, Mother of two, 60: Identity of the “Mystery woman” in Gates’ life uncovered   Billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has reportedly found love again — after staying divorced for more than a year. According to Daily Mail, the businessman, 67, is now in a romantic relationship with Paula Hurd, the widow of Mark Hurd, the former Oracle co-CEO, who died in 2019. Gates and Paula are said to be longtime tennis fans. They are also said to have been seen attending the same tournaments over the…

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Young Nigerians set Twitter on fire over Bill, Melinda Gates’ Divorce

Precious Ibekwe

  “This marriage thing no be scam so? How many are truly happily married?” Toxic Tongues Trade Tantrums on Twitter   Hot reactions by some young Nigerians on Twitter have trailed the divorce announcement made by the Microsoft founder, Bill Gate and his wife Melinda. The duo hitherto love birds with over 124bn (£89bn) networth, announced they would split after 27 years in marriage with three “grown up” children. RELATED POSTS: Billionaire Couple, Bill and Melinda Gates’ 27 year-old Marriage Crashes https://platformsafrica.com/2021/05/04/billionaire-couple-bill-and-melinda-gates-27-year-old-marriage-crashes/ GTBank Fires 3 Executive Directors, 6 GMs as Succesion…

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Billionaire Couple, Bill and Melinda Gates’ 27 year-old Marriage Crashes

Tim Bauer

  How the couple with three ‘grown up’ children and over 124bn (£89bn) net worth, split in the pandemic   Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce 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 of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the pair tweeted. They first met in the 1980s when Melinda joined Bill’s Microsoft firm. The billionaire couple have three children and…

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