For Melinda French Gates, it's back and forth.
Between Interview with Ellethe 60-year-old philanthropist was asked about her thoughts that her ex-husband Bill Gates called divorce “mistakes.”
“You Googled more clearly than me,” Melinda told the magazine, reportedly rolling her eyes. “Look, divorce is painful and that's not what I want from any family.”
“But when I got divorced I knew I was OK and I think that's the most important thing,” she added.
In January, Microsoft co-founders opened about their divorce from Melinda after 27 years of marriage.
“The divorce was disastrous for me and Melinda for at least two years,” Bill said. The time of London.
Bill admitted that he wanted to be as successful as his parents, Bill Sr. and Mary, who lived together for 45 years.
“There's a certain wonder about spending your entire adult life with one person, as you have kids together because of the memory and depth of what you did,” the tech billionaire told the outlet.
He said he must place a public divorce “at the top of the list” of his failures throughout his life.
“There are other things, but nothing important,” the philanthropist added.
Exe was held in 1987 at the Microsoft Sales Conference, where Melinda was the product manager and Bill was the company's CEO.
After allegedly asking her on a car park date, the pair's romance blossomed and saw the knot tied on New Year's Day, 1994.
The pair continued to welcome three children, Jennifer (ages 28, 25, and 25).
“When Melinda and I met, I was pretty successful, but I wasn't very successful. That came when we were together,” Bill said in an interview. “That's why she's seen me a lot.”
In 2021, the pair announced their divorce after divorce Secretly separate the previous yearthey say, “We can no longer grow together as a couple at this next stage of life.”
The following year, Bill admitted that when “Today” Savannah Guthrie asked the technology leader, he “caused pain” in his family. If an affair plays a role in divorce – But they didn't reveal too many details.
That same year, Melinda went to “CBS Morning” and hinted at her Later, his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his husband It was also a factor in their division.
“I didn't like seeing Jeffrey Epstein. No. I made it clear to him,” Melinda said at the time. “He's abominable. He was an evil personification.”
After that, the exe proceeded with Melinda Find love with her entrepreneurial boyfriend, Philip Vaughn.
Bill, for him I've started dating Paula Heardwidow of Mark Hurd, former technology executive and Oracle CEO of NCR Global in 2023.
