In March, Bill and Melinda Gates planned to announce their surprise divorce – and they hoped to avoid the media glare by renting a remote, private island in Grenada for the family.
Sources Told TMZ Melinda rented Calving Island for $ 132,000 a night for her and the couple’s children, as well as their significant others.
But the Microsoft co-founder, with whom she has been married for 27 years, was not called to the 80-acre Caribbean islet, according to the outlet, stating that everyone in the family had favored Melinda.
Melinda decided to go either way despite the efforts of the couple’s lawyers, what the outlet described as an unfriendly split during this outing.
The same day they announced their separation, Bill’s investment firm transferred $ 1.8 billion in stock to Melinda – the first indication of how one of the world’s richest couples would divest its substantial assets.
The philanthropic couple announced their divorce on Monday in a joint statement.
“After a lot of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have decided to end our marriage,” the couple Wrote on twitter.
“Over the past 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world so that all people can lead healthy, productive lives,” he said.
The couple have three children – Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 18 – who live mostly private lives.
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