Bill and Melinda Gates, billionaire power couple now calling
it “quit” a first step in what could be the most expensive divorce of all time,
after an almost three-decade-long marriage for three children, the gates have
separated. But why would a marriage this powerful split out who messed up? This
is the story of their marriage. William Henry Bill Gates Berg has always been a
genius who wrote his first computer program at the age of 13, who became a
billion there at the age of 31. Even after dropping out of Harvard, Microsoft
became huge. And it was also Microsoft that brought Bill and Melinda together
Her words, “I came out and interviewed with Microsoft. And I just thought, Oh,
my gosh, I have to work at this company. They are changing the world”. “And
then it was only a week or so after that, that I went up Turn the parking lot
and asked if she wanted to go out ..”.Bill and Melinda both grew up in a family where public
service was encouraged. That is why they were constantly seeking places where
their money can do the most good. Bills words” You know,
it was amazing. We have this fortune, it was gigantic, we
didn't think would be great to give lots of that to our children. And it became
something that you know, we get to do together”. Melinda's Words” we were
engaged to be married. And after we have taken our first trip to Africa,
actually a vacation, we were walking on the beach, and we committed at that
point that we were going to give the vast majority of the resources for
Microsoft back to society just it was the right thing for us to do.”
It was a wake-up call experience for both of them, their
marriage became even stronger. And so bill took a huge risk and stepped down as
CEO of Microsoft, she wanted to focus on something different with Melinda, he
built a foundation and spent his full time changing the war Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation has become one of the largest private charities in the history
of the world. You may not like Bill Gates, but there is no denying that
together with his wife, he has changed
millions of lives. Melinda's Words “We are running this place
together. This is our joint values being played
out in the world.” It's made them one of the most powerful
marriages in the world, the one that would last forever. They sponsored 1000s
of young people to attend college and spend billions on educational causes.
They pledged 10 billion to help medical research and development zones a 5.5
billion efforts to eradicate polio by 2018. And in the end, India was certified
polio-free by the World Health Organization.
Melinda Words”122 million children's lives have been saved
through immunization, better nutrition, and disease prevention. areas in which
the Gates Foundation has been a leading funder”
Their marriage formed champs that help prevent childhood
deaths.
Bills words” smallpox was killing a couple nine kids a year
that was eradicated so that got down to zero. measles was killing a couple
million a year that's down to a few 100,000”.
And they also committed $300 million to help farmers in
Africa and Asia cope with climate change. And on top of all of that, both of
them pledge to give away 95% of their wealth and inspired more than 120
billionaires to do the same. When you add up all of the people they both
inspired and the money they gave away. It's almost hard to believe that after
all these years they could divorce
Melinda's words “to know that one life has breathed easier
because you've lived to me that success”. Now,
after 27 years of being married, they are no longer
together. And that is proved that there is no perfect couple in the world. You
can change the whole world build an everlasting impact and still fail at your
marriage. May this be a reminder to everyone in relationships to love and take
care of your partner because there is no impact, no passion, no money big
enough that can make a relationship last forever. If you don't work hard every
single day showing that you truly want to be together. In many relationships
sooner or later we'll have to face the difficulty of saying the tough.
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