Tue 03 August 2021:
US billionaire entrepreneur Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have finalized their divorce after 27 years of marriage, NBC news reported on Monday citing court documents.
The terms of the division of assets were submitted in a separate document that was not included in Monday’s dissolution decree, the report said.
“This marriage is irretrievably broken,” the filing reads. Additionally, it presses that the parties “should be ordered to comply with the terms of the separation contract.”
The filings also maintain that neither party will receive spousal support and Melinda will not change her last name. It is unclear what the “separation contract” entails but the agreement determines who receives what in the divorce.
The microsoft founder and his now ex-wife, who have three adult children, announced their split in early May.
Melinda Gates had reportedly retained divorce lawyers in 2019 amid concerns over revelations of her now her now former husband’s relationship with convicted pedophile and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Reports have also alleged that Gates was involved in extramarital trysts, including one with an employee.
The Gateses were married in 1994 in Hawaii and share three children together. They met after she began working at Microsoft as a product manager in 1987. While they announced their separation in May, it is believed they were estranged before that.
The former couple has said they will continue to work together at their foundation that bears their Names.
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