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Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce docs reveal marriage ‘is irretrievably broken’ and $130bn ex-couple have NO prenup
BILL and Melinda Gates’ divorce documents reveal their marriage was “irretrievably broken” and the billionaire exes have no prenup.
Divorce documents obtained by The Sun reveal that Melinda filed and said the marriage ended on a date in the “separation contract,” which was not included in the documents.
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Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce on Monday[/caption]
Melinda Gates filed for divorce[/caption]
“The marriage is irretrievably broken,” the documents say.
“We ask the court to dissolve our marriage and find that our marital community ended on the date stated in our separation contract.”
There also appears to be no prenuptial agreement, as the filing states that the only written agreement that relates to the divorce is the aforementioned separation contract.
Melinda does not appear to be asking for any spousal support from the Microsoft co-founder, whose said to be worth about $124billion.
The news comes as:
- Bill and Melinda Gates announced they’re getting divorced after 27 years
- We look at Gates’ $80billion property empire
- Bill Gates’ net worth is revealed
- Gates says the world won’t return to normal until the end of 2022
The ex-couple was married in 1994[/caption]
Bill and Melinda have three children[/caption]
The ex-couple announced that they were getting divorced in a statement on Monday.
Gates said they decided to end the marriage after a “great deal of thought and a lot of work” – two years after his wife admitted that marital life was “really hard.”
He noted that they had raised “three incredible children” and worked to help people all over the world with their philanthropy work.
“We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives,” Gates wrote in the statement posted to Twitter.
The ex-couple met in the late 1980s[/caption]
“We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life,” he concluded. Melinda tweeted an identical statement to her account.
The couple’s eldest daughter, Jennifer, 25, commented on the divorce in an Instagram story shortly after her parents went public.
“I’m still learning how to best support my own process and emotions as well as my family members at this time and am grateful for the space to do so,” she wrote.
Melinda previously admitted to The Sunday Times that being with Bill was often “incredibly hard” when they marked 25 years of marriage.
Gates has previously said he will only leave $10million for each of his kids[/caption]
“‘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?”’ she said in 2019.
Tech mogul Gates, who has become a leading figure in the fight against Covid-19, was the richest man in the world until Amazon’s Jeff Bezos knocked him off his perch in 2017.
Last year, the 64-year-old became the world’s second-richest person – with a measly $124billion fortune – as he stepped down from Microsoft‘s board to focus on their charitable endeavors.
Although he’s given $5 billion to charity since 1994, Gates is earning money at a faster rate than he’s donated it, according to reports.
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Now, the bombshell divorce is calling the Gates fortune into question because a lot of it has not been given to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headed by the couple.
She formalized the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 and the couple has forked out $45 billion addressing major global issues, like gender equality and poverty.
According to Spear’s, Melinda’s net worth is around $70billion.
