"BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME": JENNIFER GATES ON HER PARENTS DIVORCE

In a surprising development, billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates on Monday (May 3) announced that they have decided to divorce each other after 27 years of marriage, saying ‘we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple’. The duo released an official statement on Twitter confirming the same and said, “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage. 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.”

The reason behind their divorce after 27 years remains a mystery but Melinda has previously suggested that Bill Gates was facing trouble in balancing work and family.

The announcement of divorce left everyone surprised as it comes less than two weeks after Bill and Melinda Gates made their last public appearance, virtually, at a COVID event

It is to be noted that Bill was already a billionaire when he tied the knot with Melinda in the early 1990s. Bill Gates founded Microsoft together with Paul Allen in 1975 and became the world's youngest billionaire in 1987 when he was just 31. Bill Gates met Melinda in 1987 when she was employed at the company where he served as CEO. Bill and Melinda decided to marry in 1993. The billionaire couple tied the knot on New Year’s Day in 1994 in Hawaii. They have three children.

Jennifer Gates, the oldest girl of Bill and Melinda Gates, ended her quiet on the separation of her folks in an Instagram Story. The 25-year-old requested space and protection and said that the Gates family was passing through a "testing timespan".

Bill and Melinda Gates, who went through many years gathering probably the biggest fortune, declared on Monday that they were separating following 27 years of marriage. "After a lot of thought and a ton of work on our relationship, we have settled on the choice to end our marriage," the two said in a concise articulation posted on Twitter. "We have brought up three staggering youngsters and assembled an establishment that works everywhere on the world to empower all individuals to lead sound, gainful lives."

Jennifer Gates' Instagram Story was posted not long after the declaration.

"At this point a considerable lot of you have heard the news that my folks are isolating," she said in her Instagram Story on Monday, reports People Magazine. "It's been a difficult time frame for our entire family."

"I'm actually figuring out how to best help my own interaction and feelings just as relatives as of now, and am appreciative for the space to do as such," she said. "I will not by and by remark further on anything around the detachment, however if it's not too much trouble, realize that your benevolent words and backing mean everything to me."

"Much thanks to you for understanding our longing for security while we explore the following periods of our lives," Jennifer Gates finished up. Despite the fact that her Instagram Story has lapsed, screen captures of it are flowing via online media. Peruse her assertion beneath:

Jennifer Gates moved on from Stanford University in 2018 with a degree in human science. She reported her commitment to sweetheart Nayel Nassar in January a year ago. She is the oldest girl of Bill and Melinda Gates, who order an expected $146 billion fortune.

Bill Gates, 65, is the prime supporter of Microsoft. He positions as the world's fourth-most extravagant individual. Melinda Gates, 56, co-runs the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - one of the biggest private establishment on the planet that has effectively parted with more than $50 billion. The couple have three youngsters - Jennifer Katherine Gates, 25, Phoebe Adele Gates, 18, and Rory John Gates, 21.

The couple are likewise among the biggest landowners in America and have a few homes, remembering their 66,000 square-foot chateau for Medina, Washington.