Bill Gates admitted to «regret» after his divorce from Melinda: all the details
26 january 2025 в 21:13
The ink has already dried on the divorce papers of Bill and Melinda Gates. But that doesn’t mean the iconic business leader has left everything in the past. In a new interview, he admitted «regret» after the split with Melinda after 27 years of marriage. «The divorce was painful for me and Melinda for at least two years», - he said in an interview with The Times of London, published on January 25. «There is a certain miracle in spending your entire adult life with one person because of the memories and depth of what you have done together and having children together».
Acknowledging that he is «happier now», - he also called the epic split «a mistake he regrets the most». However, this has not stopped Bill, 69, from moving forward — he is often seen with Paula Herd, who was married to the late Oracle CEO Mark Herd, who passed away in 2019.
Below is everything we know about Bill Gates' girlfriend and his split from Melinda.
According to PEOPLE, Bill and Paula confirmed their relationship in February 2023 — although the couple were seen together as early as September 2022 when they attended the Laver Cup. The philanthropist and mother of two had previously been married to Mark Herd for 30 years before he passed away after an undisclosed illness. According to PEOPLE, when the couple confirmed their budding romantic relationship in April 2023, a source said the relationship was «widely known». In August 2023, they strengthened their relationship by attending a lavish engagement party for Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos.
Bill was previously married to Melinda Gates, 60, for 27 years before they announced their divorce in May 2021. Bill and former Melinda French met at Microsoft in 1987, where she worked as a product manager, and got married in Hawaii in 1994. «After much thought and effort on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage», - Bill wrote in an unexpected tweet at the time.
«Over the past 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and created a foundation that works worldwide to enable everyone to lead a healthy, productive life. We continue to share a belief in this mission and will continue our work together in the Gates Foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives».
In addition to raising three children, the duo created the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, from which Melinda resigned in 2024 after their divorce. In 2019, she published a book, «The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World». The former couple finalized their divorce in August 2021.
In 2022, Melinda sat down on CBS Mornings and admitted that there was «not a single moment or specific event» that led to their divorce. «It just reached a point where it was enough for me to realize that it just wasn’t good, and I couldn’t trust what we had», - she explained.
She also addressed the incident of her ex-husband's affair with a colleague twenty years ago — a transgression that Bill admitted to in May 2021, according to PEOPLE. «I certainly believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had worked through some of these issues», - she said on CBS Mornings
Acknowledging that he is «happier now», - he also called the epic split «a mistake he regrets the most». However, this has not stopped Bill, 69, from moving forward — he is often seen with Paula Herd, who was married to the late Oracle CEO Mark Herd, who passed away in 2019.
Below is everything we know about Bill Gates' girlfriend and his split from Melinda.
According to PEOPLE, Bill and Paula confirmed their relationship in February 2023 — although the couple were seen together as early as September 2022 when they attended the Laver Cup. The philanthropist and mother of two had previously been married to Mark Herd for 30 years before he passed away after an undisclosed illness. According to PEOPLE, when the couple confirmed their budding romantic relationship in April 2023, a source said the relationship was «widely known». In August 2023, they strengthened their relationship by attending a lavish engagement party for Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos.
Bill was previously married to Melinda Gates, 60, for 27 years before they announced their divorce in May 2021. Bill and former Melinda French met at Microsoft in 1987, where she worked as a product manager, and got married in Hawaii in 1994. «After much thought and effort on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage», - Bill wrote in an unexpected tweet at the time.
«Over the past 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and created a foundation that works worldwide to enable everyone to lead a healthy, productive life. We continue to share a belief in this mission and will continue our work together in the Gates Foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives».
In addition to raising three children, the duo created the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, from which Melinda resigned in 2024 after their divorce. In 2019, she published a book, «The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World». The former couple finalized their divorce in August 2021.
In 2022, Melinda sat down on CBS Mornings and admitted that there was «not a single moment or specific event» that led to their divorce. «It just reached a point where it was enough for me to realize that it just wasn’t good, and I couldn’t trust what we had», - she explained.
She also addressed the incident of her ex-husband's affair with a colleague twenty years ago — a transgression that Bill admitted to in May 2021, according to PEOPLE. «I certainly believe in forgiveness, so I thought we had worked through some of these issues», - she said on CBS Mornings
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