“The strange thing about the pandemic is that it gave me the strength and the time to make the decisions I needed to make,” said the ex-wife of the famous tech entrepreneur
A much-discussed divorce, thousands of scenarios surrounding it, and a pile of money… The separation of Bill Gates with Melinda was a key issue for a very long time in the international media. Melinda spoke to Fortune magazine about the divorce, which she described as “painful” and revealed that she had been thinking about it for a long time, but amid the quarantine of the pandemic, she found the strength to go ahead.
“I had some reasons why I couldn’t stay in this marriage anymore”said 58-year-old Melinda. “The strange thing about the pandemic is that it gave me the strength and time to make the decisions I had to”he added.
“It’s incredibly painful, in countless ways, but I had the strength and determination to get through it”he continued.
Melinda and Bill66, married in 1994 and were together for 27 years before announcing their divorce in May 2021. Melinda and Bill have three children together — Jennifer, 25, Rory, 23, and Phoebe, 19 — who was always Melinda’s main concern during the breakup.
The former couple also founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation together in 2000 and continued to run it together after their split, which helped Melinda manage the situation.
“I continued to work with the person I was walking away from and had to show up and be my best every day”he admitted, adding: “So even though I might be crying at 9 in the morning, I had to be my best self an hour later, on the conference call.” “I learned to be a leader and that I can do it”he added.
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