Most Expensive Divorce Ever? Reactions as World's Ex-Richest Man Bill Gates and His Wife of 27 Years Part Ways

Most Expensive Divorce Ever? Reactions as World's Ex-Richest Man Bill Gates and His Wife of 27 Years Part Ways

- After 27 years of marriage, one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates, and his wife have decided to call it quits

- Many people from around the world have reacted to the divorce which will be the largest division of assets since the split of Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie in 2019

- According to Bill Gates, he and Melinda no longer believe they can grow together as a couple

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Bill and Melinda Gates have parted ways after 27 years of marriage and their divorce will be the largest division of assets since the split of Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie in 2019.

Most Expensive Divorce Ever? Reactions as World's Ex-Richest Man Bill Gates and His Wife of 27 Years Part Ways
The lovebirds are splitting after 27 years of marriage. Photo credit: @BillGates, @melindagates
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DNA reports that the Gates are worth an estimated $130 billion (N49,562,500,000,000). They have properties in five states, several cars including a Porsche that is worth $2 million (N762,500,000), an art collection that includes $30 million (N11,437,500,000) Da Vinci Codex and a fleet of private jets.

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After the billionaire businessman broke the news on social media, many people from around the world have been reacting to it with some of them making jokes out of it.

@adria63 wrote on Twitter:

"Only religion forces people to stay in a marriage. People grow. People, as years go by, change. People may just get sick of the same O same O. It doesn’t mean there’s no longer love n affection it’s just maybe not the love and affection felt after 27 yrs."

@muhsinsheerazi said:

"One of the Richest men in the World could not keep his wife happy. Alarming."

@MisterGee2you commented:

"This marriage stuff is really not easy even these two with all what they've achieved still split. I guess it just means they are humans just like us after all."

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In other news, a Nigerian lady with the Twitter handle @Ojornelu celebrated getting a divorce on social media.

@Ojornelu shared a dancing GIF on her page and captioned it:

"Signed the dotted lines today....Happily Divorced!!!"

Source: Legit.ng

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Tunde Ososanya Tunde Ososanya, a former senior editor, is a graduate of Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He's passionate about what he does and finds fulfilment in informing the people. Ososanya is the author of Later Tonight: a Collection of Short Stories.