Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, expressed regret over his divorce from Melinda French Gates, calling it his 'most regrettable mistake.' Despite their separation, Gates maintains a relationship with Melinda for the sake of their children and grandchildren.
Billionaire Bill Gates admitted that he's “cheerful now” but revealed that his divorce from Melinda French Gates after 27 years of marriage is “the mistake I regret the most.” The Microsoft co-founder had hoped his marriage to Melinda would be as successful as his parents Bill Sr. and Mary, who lived together for 45 years.
“There is a certain wonderfulness to spending your entire adult life with one person because of the memories and depth of things you have done and having kids together,” Gates said. Bill said he would have to put the public divorce “at the top of the list” of his failures throughout his life.The couple met in 1987 during a Microsoft sales meeting when Melinda was a product manager and Bill was the company’s CEO.They got married on New Year’s Day in 1994 and went on to share kids Jennifer, 28, Rory, 25, and Phoebe, 22. “When Melinda and I met, I was fairly successful but not ridiculously successful — that came during the time that we were together,” the 69-year-old said. “So, she saw me through a lot.”“When we got divorced it was tough and then she made the decision to leave the foundation — I was disappointed that she took the option to go off,” Bill said. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world, changed its name to The Gates Foundation when Melinda resigned in 2024 a few years after the split. Melinda had previously criticized her then-husband’s working relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I did not like that he had meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, no. I made that clear to him,” Melinda said. “He was abhorrent. He was evil personified.” “Melinda and I still see each other — we have three kids and two grandchildren so there are family events. The kids are doing well. They have good values,” Bill said.
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