Some netizens ridiculed: "This is the highest reason for divorce I have heard so far." "This reason for divorce is very inspirational." I'm afraid such a world-famous big shot can only feel ashamed of himself if he wants to improve himself.
As soon as the news of divorce came out, the media and public opinion turned their attention to the personal divorce of Bill Gates, the former richest man in the world, but it had little influence on Microsoft in the capital market. As of May 3, US Eastern Time, Microsoft's closing price was $2,565,438 +0.86, a decrease of only 0. 13%.
"The Gates have been struggling in their marriage for the past few years." Two close friends told The New York Times, "Many times their relationship is on the verge of breaking up."
"Invisible inequality" marriage
From the outside world, Mr. and Mrs. Gates have always been loving each other, taking photos of their loving life many times on Valentine's Day, wedding anniversary, birthday and other occasions.
On Valentine's Day in 2020, Bill Gates wrote on social media: "I can't find a better partner in my life." The picture shows Bill Gates strolling around the fruit supermarket with Melinda in his arms.
The pictures on social media are glamorous to the public, but life also has its real side.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gates seems to have fallen into the contradiction between work and daily life from the beginning.
"When he made the decision to get married, he knew it was not because of me, but because he was thinking,' Can I keep a good balance between work and family life?' Believe me, I still remember the very difficult days in our marriage, when I thought,' Can I do it? Melinda said in an interview with the Sunday Times on 20 19. According to reports, Melinda also said that 65-year-old Bill Gates always works more than 16 hours a day, so it is difficult to make time for his family.
Melinda takes on family responsibilities all the year round and is also responsible for the daily activities of the foundation, while Bill Gates works overtime at Microsoft all the year round. The "invisible inequality" in marriage life seems to be an important factor in the breakdown of this marriage.
Unlike Bill Gates, a talented teenager who dropped out of Harvard, Melinda's achievements rarely become the object of public discussion. From 65438 to 0986, Melinda graduated from Duke University with a bachelor's degree and an MBA degree in computer science and economics. It is reported that Melinda was named the man of the year by Time magazine, one of the most influential women in the world by Forbes and the top 50 women in the global business world by The Wall Street Journal.
How to divide the property of $6543.8+$030.5 billion?
Only a small part of Bill Gates' wealth comes from Microsoft, and the distribution of property after divorce is still unclear.
Bill Gates left the Microsoft board of directors last year. According to public data, Bill Gates currently owns 1.37% of Microsoft's outstanding shares, worth more than $26 billion. According to public information, as of May 3, US Eastern Time, Bill Gates' net worth reached $654.38+0305 billion, ranking fourth in the world.
According to Tencent's US stocks, Bill Gates' biggest asset now is Cascade Investments. Through this holding company, Bill Gates has interests in real estate, energy and hotels, and holds shares in dozens of listed companies, including Canadian National Railways and Deere, a tractor manufacturer.
The way of dividing their property is uncertain. A Seattle marriage lawyer told the media that the most typical characteristics of Washington are "* * * with property system" and "no fault" divorce. "* * * with property is not necessarily equal, but according to the principle of fairness. In practice, about 95% of the divorce property distribution will not be decided by the court (when the divorce case has not yet reached the final stage), but will be decided by the husband and wife through consultation, with a probability of 50-50. "
How long does it take to get divorced?
According to reports, on May 3rd, TMZ, a subsidiary of Warner Media, claimed to have obtained the divorce documents of Gates. As can be seen from the document, Melinda drafted the application on the grounds that the marriage broke down irretrievably. The divorce documents in this application only mentioned the separation agreement, and TMZ speculated that there was no prenuptial agreement between them. In addition, it is mentioned that the trial time is April 2022, and TMZ estimates that the two will definitely reach an agreement before this.
20 19 1.9 EST, Bezos tweeted to announce his divorce. On April 4th, an agreement was reached, and Mackenzie said on social media that he would give up the shares of Washington Post and Blue Origin and keep the shares of Amazon jointly held by 1/4. In July of the same year, Washington King County Court officially announced that Amazon CEO Bezos and his ex-wife Mackenzie had divorced, and they ended their 25-year marriage relationship. According to the agreement, Mackenzie acquired a 4% stake in Amazon, worth about $38 billion, becoming the third largest shareholder of Amazon. In early 2020, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Amazon was highly sought after by the capital market. By March 2020, 18, Mackenzie has become the fourth richest woman in the world.
In addition to the distribution of property, Gates and Melinda will continue to cooperate in the foundation in the future, and the difficulty of cooperation after divorce will greatly increase. As one of the largest charitable foundations in the world, their cooperation mode after divorce is very important to the global health cause.
Or affect global health.
According to Reuters, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has become one of the most powerful and influential forces in the field of public health in the world. In the past 20 years, more than 50 billion dollars have been spent to introduce a new business model to fight poverty and death. The private issue of the Gates' divorce is no longer an exclusive issue, but more related to the development of global public health.
In the past 20 years, the Gates Foundation has had an important impact on global public health affairs. According to last year's epidemic situation, in order to speed up the detection and treatment of coronavirus pneumonia-19 and the research and development and fair distribution of vaccines, the Foundation promised to provide 6543.8+0.75 billion US dollars. Moreover, according to the official website news of the Foundation, due to the efforts of the Foundation, since 2000, the number of deaths of children under five has been reduced by half every year.
In addition, in 20 10, the Gates and Buffett jointly founded the "giving pledge of Wealth" to encourage the richest families in the United States to donate most of their wealth to charities. By 2020, "Fortune giving pledge" will cover more than 200 richest individuals, couples and families in 23 countries and regions.
Previously, the Gates promised to donate more than half of their personal property, but the division of property between the two sides has not yet been finalized, and it is unknown whether the donation commitment will be affected.
Bill and Melinda decided to "say goodbye to each other", but another process will be fully carried out in the spotlight.
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Author | Wang Xin
Editor Jomally
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