Melinda Gates Describes Bill Gates' "Unbelievably Painful" Divorce
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Melinda Gates has thought back on her divorce.
After 27 years of marriage, the 58-year-old got real about her divorce from Bill Gates in August 2021, adding that timing was a key in her experience.
In a 3 October interview with Fortune, she said, "The funny thing about COVID is that it provided me with the privacy to accomplish what I needed to do." It's excruciatingly terrible in so many ways, but I was able to get through it because of the seclusion.
While Bill and Melinda were joined in marriage, their eponymous foundation, which was established in 2000, also brought them together professionally. It wasn't simple for Melinda to carry on working with Bill after their breakup.
Additionally, she continued working with the person she was trying to avoid, and she said, "I need to show up and be my best self every single day." So, even though I might be in tears at 9 a.m. and have to be on a videoconference with the person I'm leaving at 10 a.m., I must still appear and give it my all.
And I learnt as a leader that I could do it, she continued.
After getting married in 1994 and having three children—daughter Jennifer, 26, son Rory, 23, and daughter Phoebe, 20—the couple announced their separation back in May 2021. Melinda told Fortune that her "primary concern" during the divorce was keeping her children safe.
The Texas native stated that there were numerous issues in their marriage and added, "I had certain reasons why I just couldn't stay in that marriage anymore."
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