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[Corgi1985]

Who gets the gamepass sub?

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[20cent]

Probably a financial decision, or tax evasion (like having a foundation) or something like that.

 

[rorepmE]

Probably a financial decision, or tax evasion (like having a foundation) or something like that.

would be ironic if that was the case

 

[Lanrutcon]

"AND ANOTHER THING, WINDOWS 7 SUCKED!"

./divorce

 

[just_some_nut]

"so no, you're not sticking your metal penis in me!"

 

[LordCBH]

I guess she got tired of Bill huffing his own farts all the time. Snd releasing mosquitos in the house.

 

[German Hops]

wonder what the side chick looks like.

 

[ntropy]

 

[RPS37]

I read this as “Bill and Melinda gates exploded in my face”
Also...why?????????????

 

[Jon Neu]

Bill Gates marrying Melinda it's the proof that love exists.

 

[GeorgPrime]

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — who is worth an estimated $130 billion — and his wife, Melinda, are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage, the couple announced Monday in a…

www.google.com

wonder what the side chick looks like.

Lets see how much he has to pay her for the divorce

 

[German Hops]

Lets see how much he has to pay her for the divorce

 

[greencoder]

Marriage is an obsolete tradition anyways. Never get married, guys.

Lets see how much he has to pay her for the divorce

Her net worth is $70 billion, I don't think she needs more.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Marriage is an obsolete tradition anyways. Never get married, guys.


Her net worth is $70 billion, I don't think she needs more.

I'm sure her lawyers will disagree.

But I'm also sure it has already all been hashed out. She's a raging feminist so she can't face her feminist buddettes without a huge 'win'.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

COVID lockdowns made a lot of working couples realize they really don't enjoy spending extended periods of time with their significant others.

Anyway, they're wealthy adults, and will probably be happier as a result of this.

 

[jufonuk]

Eh, she looks fine for a 56 year old.

Liz is 55, sue is damn fine.

also I’m blaming Bill’s thinking week where he goes off and reads for a week to understand things. Maybe it got to much

Bill Gates took solo 'think weeks' in a cabin in the woods—why it's a great strategy

When Bill Gates ran Microsoft, he took a week, two times a year to go to a secret cabin in the woods and read proposals for innovation from all members of the staff. Productivity experts tell CNBC Make It why this strategy makes sense.

www.google.com

Melinda : “Bill wanna smash?”

Bill :”I’ll think about it “ goes away for a week to hide in a cabin to read books.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Bill Gates marrying Melinda it's the proof that love exists.

You think HE's the better looking of the two?

They got together in the 80s, when Bill was still the Flight Simulator and DOS dude, not the Windows billionaire, remember.

 

[Phoenix RISING]

Even if one considers Bill & Melinda's charity spurious, it was more than I could say for most billionaires not named Oprah.

I'm sad they didn't last.

 

[Jon Neu]

You think HE's the better looking of the two?

Yes, but kind of irrelevant.

The point is that Melinda isn't very attractive to begin with.

They got together in the 80s

They started dating in 1987.

Bill Gates was already in the Forbes list of the wealthiest men in America by 1986 and in 1987 he was a billionare already.

 

[Reality Czar]

No prenup? Lol.

 

[bigedole]

Blind gossip is implying that there is infidelity involved, and my wife who is a blind gossip expert believes it is on Melinda's part.

https://blindgossip.com/all-the-money-in-the-world/#more-102438

 

[AJUMP23]

Marriage can be tough. Through in a few billion probably can make some things harder.

 

[Reality Czar]

We ask for space and privacy for our family

He wants privacy.

 

[Impotaku]

 

[Reality Czar]

Dude is an expert on climate, technology, farming, vaccines, etc. wants to tell everyone how to run the world but apparently doesn't understand basic fucking marriage law.

 

[eddie4]

 

[FunkMiller]

Aah...

she must have found the vaccine chip.

 

[Taxexemption]

Dude is an expert on climate, technology, farming, vaccines, etc. wants to tell everyone how to run the world but apparently doesn't understand basic fucking marriage law.

He is a good example of what i dislike about rich people I've met. No matter how much money they make they can't just sit down and enjoy it and say "I won, let's try to enjoy life." Instead they go on a never ending quest for more money and influence. I'm talking guys on their death bed trying to negotiate buying property to be developed in 10 years.

 

[QuantumZebra]

Liz is 55, sue is damn fine.

also I’m blaming Bill’s thinking week where he goes off and reads for a week to understand things. Maybe it got to much

Bill Gates took solo 'think weeks' in a cabin in the woods—why it's a great strategy

When Bill Gates ran Microsoft, he took a week, two times a year to go to a secret cabin in the woods and read proposals for innovation from all members of the staff. Productivity experts tell CNBC Make It why this strategy makes sense.

www.google.com

Melinda : “Bill wanna smash?”

Bill :”I’ll think about it “ goes away for a week to hide in a cabin to read books.

Jesus Christ, Elizabeth Hurley only gets hotter as she ages.

Also, I'm pretty sure Billy Boy was smashing something other than books on his cabin getaways.

 

[eddie4]

 

[Tams]

You think HE's the better looking of the two?

They got together in the 80s, when Bill was still the Flight Simulator and DOS dude, not the Windows billionaire, remember.

Yes, she does look better, but get rid of the 80s glasses (lots of men wore them at the time and it made all of them look stupid) on Bill and he doesn't look half bad. He's hardly ugly.

 

[captainraincoat]

Gates could still pretty much marry and entire countries worth of women and get divorced/settle and still have change leftover for hookers and blow

 

[greencoder]

Gates could still pretty much marry and entire countries worth of women and get divorced/settle and still have change leftover for hookers and blow

I don't think he will marry again, he probably has a lot of things to do and solitude gives you a lot of free time. Sugar-babies > hookers, and you don't stay as sharp-minded as he is by consuming drugs.

 

[Reality Czar]

Gates could still pretty much marry and entire countries worth of women and get divorced/settle and still have change leftover for hookers and blow

Maybe Epstein hooked him up with some people. Who knows w these rich weirdos.

Interesting to consider the two richest women on the planet, both will have made their money through divorce.

 

[BouncyFrag]

They should a break and rekindle their love when the next wave hits as they are clearly both looking forward to it.

 

[AJUMP23]

Alex Jones must love this video for all his conspiracy theory folks.

 

[EverydayBeast]

It’s funny because he’s a nerd

 

[Reality Czar]

 

[nush]

Also, I'm pretty sure Billy Boy was smashing something other than books on his cabin getaways.

Facts.

Melinda Gates Approved Bill's Odd Arrangement With His Ex-Girlfriend

Bill Gates and Ann Winblad remained so close after their breakup that Bill reportedly asked her for permission to marry Melinda.

www.newsweek.com

 

[bender]

CNTL+ALT+DEL

ALT+F4 would be more appropriate.

 

[The Pleasure]

Must have harbored that anger about Microsoft bob for almost three decades. She's the reason bob exists.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I hope Bill goes off and creates his wizard king techno-house of the future his wife family'd up mid construction. I just wanna see how far a tech house can go, it's been decades Billy Boy.

Jokes aside, sad to hear that such a relationship fell apart. At least they didn't just live in denial via huge gaps between themselves at their age via jets/houses etc where they could of just avoided each other from across the world ponds.

 

[Peggies]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of Melinda before.

That's friggin' Caitlyn Jenner!

 

[nkarafo]

Why do rich people divorcing always sound like business deals to me?

 

[nush]

Why do rich people divorcing always sound like business deals to me?

Prenups.

 

[Lord Panda]

Why do rich people divorcing always sound like business deals to me?

Also affects the share market in some instances.

 

[Renoir]

Why do rich people divorcing always sound like business deals to me?

because marriage always has been a transaction for some form of worldly benefits. No one ever went to divorce court and asked to get back the amount of emotions they put in the person for the last 15 years.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Melinda Gates Was Meeting With Divorce Lawyers Since 2019 to End Marriage With Bill Gates

The philanthropist had discussions with lawyers in October 2019 around when Bill Gates’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein became public.

www.wsj.com

The philanthropist had discussions with lawyers in October 2019 around when the Microsoft co-founder’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein became public​

The split between Bill and Melinda Gates, announced last week, has been in the works for a long time.

Ms. Gates consulted with divorce lawyers roughly two years before she filed for divorce from Mr. Gates, saying their marriage was “irretrievably broken,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The 56-year-old philanthropist has been working with lawyers at several firms since at least 2019 to unwind the marriage of more than 25 years, according to these people and the documents.

Last Monday, the billionaire couple announced they were ending their marriage. In a joint statement posted on Twitter, they said, “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.”


The couple hasn’t said what prompted the split. One source of concern for Ms. Gates was her husband’s dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the people and a former employee of their charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ms. Gates’s concerns about the relationship dated as far back as 2013, the former employee said.

The couple negotiated their divorce throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the documents show. They have three children who are all now 18 years or older, the divorce filing shows. The youngest is a senior in high school.


According to the documents reviewed by the Journal, Ms. Gates and her advisers held a number of calls in October 2019 when the New York Times reported that Mr. Gates had met with Mr. Epstein on numerous occasions. Mr. Gates once stayed late into the night at Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse, the Times reported.


Bridgitt Arnold, a spokeswoman for Mr. Gates, said in 2019 that the software mogul and Mr. Epstein had met multiple times to discuss philanthropy. “Bill Gates regrets ever meeting with Epstein and recognizes it was an error in judgment to do so,” Ms. Arnold said at the time. Mr. Epstein died in jail in August 2019 awaiting trial on federal charges related to sex trafficking.


Ms. Gates, a global advocate for women and girls, had told her husband she was uncomfortable with Mr. Epstein after the couple met him together in 2013, the former employee of the Gates Foundation said. Mr. Gates and some employees of the Gates Foundation continued a relationship with Mr. Epstein despite her concerns, this person said.

The Daily Beast earlier reported on the 2013 meeting and Ms. Gates’s concerns with Mr. Epstein.


When asked about his relationship with Mr. Epstein in a September 2019 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Gates said: “I met him. I didn’t have any business relationship or friendship with him.”


A spokeswoman for Mr. Gates, who is 65 years old, said Friday he stands by his 2019 statement to the Journal and declined to comment further. A spokeswoman for Ms. Gates didn’t respond to questions about her reasons for seeking a divorce.


In early 2020, Mr. and Ms. Gates surprised many people when they said they wouldn’t attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, an annual gathering of business and world leaders that the power couple had attended for years.


A few months later, on March 13, Mr. Gates said he was resigning from the boards of Microsoft Corp. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The Microsoft co-founder said he planned to focus more on his philanthropic efforts.


By that time, the Gateses were already in discussions to divide their vast wealth, according to the people familiar with the matter and the documents. Legal teams from both sides were privately in discussions with a mediator to work out a separation, the documents show.


Ms. Gates’s legal team by then already included New York divorce lawyer Robert Stephan Cohen, the documents show. Mr. Cohen has represented Michael Bloomberg, Henry Kravis and Ivana Trump in their divorces.


Mr. Gates also has some star lawyers, including Ronald Olson, a partner at the firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP who has represented Mark Zuckerberg, among others. Mr. Olson is a board member at Berkshire Hathaway, where he sat alongside Mr. Gates and Mr. Gates’s close friend Warren Buffett.


The May 3 divorce filing says the couple had agreed to a separation contract to divide their assets—a fortune estimated at $130 billion by Forbes. Their assets include a $131 million lakeside compound in Washington state called Xanadu 2.0, a rare Leonardo da Vinci notebook and investments in Microsoft and Four Seasons Hotels.

Last week, Mr. Gates’s investment firm transferred nearly $2.4 billion worth of public company shares to Ms. Gates, including stakes in car-dealership owner AutoNation Inc., a Mexican broadcaster and a Canadian railroad.


The Gateses have said they would give away most of their wealth and donated more than $36 billion to the Gates Foundation over the years. The couple said they planned to remain co-chairs at the foundation and jointly lead it after their divorce. “We continue to share a belief in that mission,” they said in their Twitter statement.


Ms. Gates signed her divorce petition in Bellevue, Wash., near the family home and the foundation’s headquarters, according to the filing. Mr. Gates signed the papers from Palm Desert, Calif.

 

[EviLore]

Big yikes.