Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, once the richest guy on the planet, whose net worth is over $100 billion, and his staggeringly wealthy wife Melinda Gates — who's worth $70 billion — announced Monday they're getting divorced but will keep working together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable foundation.
The pair broke the divorce news in identical tweets.
"Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives," each of them wrote on Twitter. "We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives."
The split will be under the microscope — becoming the second breakup of a Seattle-area multi-billionaire power couple, and one that'll reportedly be settled without a prenup...
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