After 27 years of marriage and three kids, the couple introduced their divorce in Might 2021 by a assertion launched on X:
“After a substantial amount of thought and lots of work on our relationship, now we have made the choice to finish our marriage. We’ve got raised three unbelievable kids and constructed a basis that works everywhere in the world to allow all folks 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 will develop collectively as a pair on this subsequent part 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: “Underneath the phrases of my settlement with Invoice, in leaving the inspiration, I’ll have an extra $12.5 billion to decide to my work on behalf of girls and households.”