According to court documents obtained by the media, it was Melinda Gates, aged 56, who filed for divorce, stating that the marriage with husband Bill Gates was “irretrievably broken.” As stated in the same documents, the couple did not sign any prenup agreement prior to getting married, which means their assets are to be split based on a settlement.
Given that their lives and work have been deeply interconnected and intertwined, the division of assets will probably be a complicated process. Before we find out who got what, let’s take a look at some of the surprising aspects of Bill and Melinda Gates’s marriage.
