Bill and Melinda Gates are getting divorced. They were married in 1994, and they have been married for 27 years. If you did not know, Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world. As of May 5, 2021, Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world with a net worth of $130.4 billion, according to Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires list. He is only behind Elon Musk from Tesla, Bernard Arnault from the French company LVMH, and Jeff Bezos from Amazon. Bill Gates made most of his wealth from Microsoft, and he was it’s CEO from 1975 to 2000, and he was succeeded by Steve Ballmer. Satya Nadella from India is the current CEO of Microsoft. Bill Gates currently owns about 1.37% of Microsoft right now, which is worth around $26 billion.
Bill and Melinda Gates have a foundation together called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation is a nonprofit, and even after they get divorced, they will continue to work on the foundation together. According to Forbes, Bill Gates has donated about $35.8 billion of Microsoft stock to the foundation. They also are two of the participants that signed the Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge is a pledge to donate at least half of your wealth to philanthropic (Charity and etc.) causes.
Around 2 years ago, Jeff Bezos and his former wife MacKenzie Scott announced a divorce. Bezos had to give $38 billion to her as part of the divorce. This was one of the most costly divorces in history. As of May 5, 2021, Bezos has a net worth of $191 billion, and he is the richest person in the world. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, has a net worth of $57.7 billion and is 22nd place. Earlier this year, Bezos announced he would step down as CEO of Amazon, and his successor will be Andy Jassy.
Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/
