Melinda French Gates talked about her divorce of Bill Gates

The ruptures are difficult, even if you are sure to repel a billionaire.

Philanthrope Melinda French Gates divorces with Bill Gates was years in preparation-and prescribed by nightmares and panic episodes that faced her feelings, she said to people in an interview.

Gates and French Gates announced their split in a joint statement in 2021. In her next memories, “the next day”, she wrote on her feelings leading to their official divorce. French Gates said she had lived cryptic nightmares from 2019 that left her in panic. The final blow was a vision of herself falling into a void while her family stood on the edge of a cliff.

French Gates wrote that it was the moment when she knew it was time for her to make a great decision of life by herself. In 2020, she told her husband of the time that she wanted to live separately.

“It was one of the most frightening conversations I had had,” she wrote.

However, Gates was “understanding and respectful” by hearing the news, although he was “sad and upset”, according to French Gates. Months later, in the summer of 2020, she asked him for a divorce.

His panicked feelings did not end with this revelation. French Gates said that she had started to “have panic attacks” in the months during the months and leading to their divorce procedure.

“Bill has the reputation of being one of the most difficult negotiators in the world,” wrote French Gates.

Their divorce was finalized in August 2021 after “exhausting” and long procedures, she wrote in the memories. It left with a value of $ 6.3 billion in Microsoft shares, and its net value is estimated at $ 30 million, according to Forbes.

These days, French Gates continues his philanthropic efforts through his business, Pivotal Ventures, and would have dated. She was seen by holding the hand of the entrepreneur and former employee of Microsoft, Phillip Vaughn, at the end of 2024.