Days after Bill Gates said that his divorce from Melinda French Gates was “the error that most repents”, Microsoft’s co -founder said Tuesday that he knew that the marriage “would not last forever.”
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced their separation in May 2021 after 27 years of marriage. They were officially divorced three months later.
In an interview with NBC’s Today about his new book “Source Code”, he was asked why he recently called his “greatest regret” of his life.
“My commercial career, although there have been some ups and downs, has been incredibly phenomenal, my children are phenomenal, so it is difficult for me to say, you know, complain about things,” he said.
“I’ve gone through divorce and Melinda is fine. I have a lot of work that I love doing, so I’m not complaining about anything,” Gates added.
“Divorce was not great. Having those three children, the work we could do together, even if I knew I wouldn’t last forever, I would still do it again,” he said.
The 69 -year -old man also said that he is now “lucky to have a serious girlfriend”, referring to the philanthropist Paula Hurd.
“We are having fun, going to the Olympic Games and many great things,” Gates said about Hurd.
A year after his divorce, Gates was seen with Hurd, who was married to the CEO of Oracle, Mark Hurd, until his death in 2019, at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
They have also walked together on the red carpet and attended the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Last month, in an interview, Gates was asked if his divorce is the only “failure” in his life so far. It belongs “at the top of the list,” he had said.
“There are others, but none matters. The divorce was miserable to me and Melinda for at least two years,” said a publication, added that the two are not strange to each other.
“Melinda and I still see each other: we have three children and two grandchildren, so there are family events,” he said.
Bill Gates and Melinda are parents of two daughters Jennifer and Phoebe, and a son, Rory.
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