The co -founder of Microsoft Bill Gates comes out with the Philanthrope Paula Hurd.
They were spotted together during tennis tournaments in 2022 and 2023.
Gates confirmed their relationship in February and named it in the thanks of his memories.
The co -founder of Microsoft Bill Gates and the PhilanthropE Paula Hurd sat down a row of each other during a tennis tournament in 2021. The following year, they were photographed in collaboration in the stands.
Gates and Hurd have become public with their relationship since they were spotted for the first time, walking red and attending sporting events such as the 2024 Olympic Games.
Both were previously married. Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, Divorced in 2021 after 27 years of marriage and share three children. HURD was married to Mark HURD, former CEO of Oracle and Hewlett-Packard with whom she shared two children, until her death in 2019.
Gates, whose net value is estimated at $ 109.6 billion, called Hurd his “serious girlfriend”. Here is a chronology of their relationship.
Gates Ventures refused to comment when it is reached by Business Insider.
October 2021: Gates and Hurd, both fans of passionate tennis, ran in similar circles before starting to go out together.
Bill Gates (middle row, second on the left) at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament. Hurd was sitting in the row behind him on the left.
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During the Tennis tournament opened BNP Paribas in 2021, Gates was sitting on a line in front of Hurd next to his ex-girlfriend, Ann Winblad.
March 2022: Hurd and Gates appeared comfortable at the Indian tennis tournament in California.
Paula Hurd and Bill Gates at the Indian tennis tournament Wells.
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Hurd and Gates attended several tournament games in Indian Wells, California, and seemed to bend over each other in the stands of a match between Paula Badosa of Spain and Maria Sakkari of Greece.
September 2022: Gates and Hurd were again spotted together at the Tennis tournament to wash Cup in London.
Bill Gates and Paula HURD to wash the cup.
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Gates and Hurd are both deeply involved in tennis. Gates has played in charities with pros such as Roger Federer, and Hurd chairs the Universal Tennis Foundation, which helps university players go to professional athletes and support tennis programs for young people and wheelchairs.
January 2023: They attended the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Bill Gates (lower row, center) and Paula HURD (lower row, right) at the Australian open tennis tournament.
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Gates and Hurd sat in the front row of the final match in simple male between Novak Djokovic from Serbia and Stefanos Tsisipas de Greece.
February 2023: The Daily Mail reported that the two were in a relationship.
Paula HURD (Upper row, first on the left) and Mark HURD (upper row, second on the left) were seated behind Bill Gates (bottom row, first on the right) during a tennis tournament in 2015.
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Citing anonymous sources, the Daily Mail reported that Gates and Hurd were released together and had been shown in howl to Sydney in January.
The Daily Mail also reported that Hurd and his late husband had been seated behind the doors of the BNP Paribas Open from 2015.
April 2024: Gates and Hurd walked the red carpet together during the revolutionary price ceremony.
Bill Gates and Paula HURD during the revolutionary prize ceremony.
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Gates and Hurd posed for photos together during the revolutionary prize ceremony of 2024, nicknamed “Oscars of Science” for its recognition of scientific achievements.
July 2024: Hurd accompanied the doors of the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Bill Gates and Paula HURD at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology conference.
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The conference is known as a “billionaire summer camp” where the best leaders in technology and investors such as Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett attend industry sessions, play golf and relatives.
August 2024: They watched gymnastics at the Paris Olympic Games.
Paula Hurd and Bill Gates at the Paris Olympic Games.
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HURD and Gates attended the female gymnastics final and the team’s end events. They were joined by Gates’ daughter, Jennifer Gates, and her husband, Nayel Nassar, an equestrian who contributed for the Egypt team to the same Olympic Games.
February 2025: Gates thanked Hurd in the thanks of his memoirs, “Source Code”, and confirmed that they were going out together.
Bill Gates when promoting his memoirs, “Source Code”.
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Gates memory, “Source code”, says his education and the first days of Microsoft.
In the thanks of the “source code”, Gates mentioned Hurd as one of the “dear friends of confidence” who “provided thoughtful and insightful comments for the critical writing stages” of his book.
In an appearance on “The Today Show” promoting his memoirs, Gates said he was “lucky to have a serious girlfriend named Paula”.
“We have fun, go to the Olympic Games and many big things,” he said.
April 2025: They walked on the red carpet during the revolutionary price ceremony once again.
Bill Gates and Paula HURD during the 11th revolutionary prize ceremony.
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Gates and Hurd attended the starry ceremony at the Hangar Barker in Santa Monica, California.
