Then an IT male husband immediately responded: Aren't they the most model couple? . . So who's next? . Only Xiao Zha. . . "
Yes, the founders of Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook all had failed marriages. Bezos was married for 26 years and Bill Gates for 27 years. Xiaozha is still newly married, which may take a long time.
Microsoft Empire has brought great changes to business and people's lives. Bill Gates and Melinda have done countless public welfare actions for the whole world.
For 27 years, every time two people are in the same box, they give people an impression of stable marriage and warm life. Their marriage makes many people believe that the same values can make a super-rich couple have a happy marriage of ordinary people.
Therefore, people's reaction to the news of "Gates' divorce" is mostly consternation and regret, and few poisonous tongues on the Internet make any irresponsible speculation about the couple's privacy.
The day after the news came, we could learn more details about Gates' divorce from various news reports in American media:
According to New York Post, Insider, Daily Mail and other media reports, Melinda's divorce documents submitted to the court clearly pointed out that the husband and wife did not sign a prenuptial agreement before marriage. This means that the division of their property worth $654.38+03 billion will be a complicated and time-consuming project.
Lawyers hired by both sides also expressed dismay. After all, when Bill Gates married Melinda, who was nine years younger than him, he was already a world celebrity with billions of dollars. Didn't a lawyer suggest Gates sign a prenuptial agreement? No It can be seen that Bill Gates is sincere to his lover.
The divorce documents of the court also made it clear that all three children were adults and did not involve child alimony. Melinda herself did not ask Bill Gates for financial support after the divorce. Of course, she really doesn't need it.
We all know that the Gates announced their divorce through Twitter yesterday. The full text is peaceful and profound, and the second half is intriguing:
"We will continue to work together for charitable foundations, but we can't grow up together as husband and wife in the future."
The announcement is euphemistic and detached, but it involves wealth, and the two are not negligent at all.
We all know that the investment community and Buffett have become golden partners, setting the best investment record for Charles Munger. The best-selling book Charlie the Poor tells his wisdom in life. Munger himself divorced once in the 1950s and lost all his wealth. After that, he remarried and rebuilt his wealth empire.
Munger is Buffett's old partner and has a close relationship with Bill Gates. Bill Gates invited 97-year-old Charles Munger to finalize the divorce agreement with Melinda on his behalf, which could really be a historic negotiation.
However, maybe ... Gates's purpose is not to fight with Melinda, but to make a person who knows himself and is full of super life wisdom simplify complicated things ... will it? Guess!
There are three lawyers on Munger's side and as many as four lawyers on Melinda's side, from the well-known Cohen, Claire, Ryan, Griff Thorpe &; Rottenster Reich ·LLP, and Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &; Garrison ·LLP
Before the divorce, the Gates were worth $65.438+03 billion, ranking fourth in the world, second only to Bezos and Elon? Bernard, the boss of Musk and Louis Vuitton? Arnault
Once the Gates split their property in two, Bill Gates' ranking may plummet to around 17.
In 2000, the couple established the Gates Foundation, dedicated to eradicating polio, reducing the spread of malaria and AIDS, and helping the poorest areas in the world.
From 1994 to 20 18, Mr. and Mrs. Gates privately donated more than $360 billion to the foundation, making it one of the largest charitable organizations in the world.
Despite this, the Gates still have huge assets to divide in this divorce, including:
Bill Gates 1988 spent $2 million to buy land in Seattle, and spent $63 million to build a 6600-square-meter mansion in seven years. It has 7 bedrooms, 18 bathroom, 20 home theaters, 200 square meters of study and private waters;
Because Jennifer, the eldest daughter, loves equestrian, the Gates also own a $59 million ranch in Wellington, Florida.
According to the Daily Mail, the Gates own 242,000 acres in 18 states.
The Gates' garage is full of 30 luxury cars, including Porsche 930 Turbo, Jaguar XJ6 and Ferrari 348.
Why did they divorce? We can let go of our imagination and look for clues from all previous reports and autobiographies.
However, married people may feel the same way. The warm and beautiful pictures you see on the surface and read in the Facebook circle of WeChat circle are not necessarily our daily life at home. Anyway, seriously, why should we show it to the world? !
Let's look at some moments of love and marriage between Gates. (Maybe it's because the couple are knowledgeable and low-key, and they paid little attention to it before. I didn't remember until the family broke up. )
1987, Microsoft recruited MBA graduates for the first time, and Melinda became the only woman admitted by the company as a product manager.
In the same year, at a business dinner in new york, Melinda was late and found that there were only two seats left. She sat in one of the seats. Unexpectedly, Gates was the last one sitting next to her.
Gates recalled that he was moved by Melinda's cheerfulness that day and sent her an invitation to date that day.
In the first year of their love, there was room for each other. Bill needs a lot of time to invest in the development of Microsoft, and Melinda always has other suitors among many engineers in Microsoft.
In the process of interaction, the two found that they both like solving math problems and playing puzzle games. It was also in the game competition that Bill Gates felt Melinda's cleverness, and he felt that he had found his ideal life partner.
After the feelings warmed up, they determined each other's minds. But Bill Gates has not decided to get married soon, and he is not sure whether he is ready to strike a balance between career and family. Melinda has disclosed that Bill said that before he got married, he listed the "advantages" and "disadvantages" of marriage, and finally he chose to get married.
On the other hand, this kind of husband who decides to get married by drawing a table of pros and cons is probably unacceptable to most women. However, the other party is Bill Gates after all.
1995, Melinda and Bill went to China on business. Before leaving, Melinda found herself pregnant with her first child. In order not to distract Bill from his trip to China, Melinda once decided to hide the news of her pregnancy, but she finally told Bill before she left.
Melinda once revealed in her autobiography and some interviews that many of her decisions must take into account the trade-offs Bill has to make between Microsoft and her family. Bill Gates' devotion to Microsoft and charity made him not participate enough in the growth of his three children as a father. Because of their family's popularity and wealth index, she had to adapt to the identity of a "public figure" and try not to let her three children deviate from the right track because of her father's special status and huge wealth.
The beginning and end of any marriage is the result of a combination of many factors. Regardless of age, social status or wealth, everyone has the right to live his true self. I believe that the positive impact of this couple on the world is far greater than the negative impact of this divorce.
The most important thing is to be yourself and face your marriage seriously. After all, there is only one life.