Billionaire Bill Gates' wife's assets after divorce

"Bill has openly admitted that he has not always been faithful to me," she wrote in her book The Next Day: Transitions, Change and Moving Forward , which discusses "deeply disturbing" accounts of Gates's, 69, past encounters with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Melinda Gates in the list of 10 richest women in the world

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According to Melinda, she began to feel bad about her marriage when she had panic attacks every night and nightmares of a house collapsing around her.

Melinda Gates' (60) new book provides more details about why she left the Gates Foundation and her marriage to Bill Gates. Here's what Melinda has been up to since their divorce in 2021.

She knew that divorcing her husband would not be easy because Bill Gates is one of the toughest negotiators in the business world. However, in an interview with People magazine , she said it was the "right" thing to do.

Melinda Gates ranks 10th on the list of the world's richest women

The Gateses separated in 2019. Their divorce took two years to finalize, and both parties have acknowledged the pain they endured during the process.

But when it all came down to it, their divorce was finalized on August 2, 2021. With no prenuptial agreement, Melinda Gates walked away with a settlement believed to be $25 billion — making it the most expensive divorce in history.

According to Forbes , as of April 2025, Melinada Gates has an estimated net worth of $30.2 billion. This huge amount of money takes her to a new level, currently ranked 10th in Forbes ' list of the 10 richest women in the world . This is a list that mainly includes American heiresses, such as widow Alice Walton (USA), who married Walmart founder Sam Walton, topping the list with $101 billion in assets. Followed by Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and family (France) with $81.6 billion, Julia Kock and family (USA) - $74.2 billion, Jacqueline Mars (granddaughter of Mars Candy founder Franklin Clarence Mars) - $42.6 billion...

Billionaire Bill Gates and girlfriend Paula Hurd

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The tech mogul recently revealed that each of his three children will inherit less than 1% of his fortune, which is currently valued at more than $100 billion. According to Forbes , Bill Gates’ net worth was $107.5 billion as of April 14. Even 1% of that would amount to more than $1 billion for each of his children.

Despite expressing regret over his divorce from his ex-wife, Bill Gates quickly introduced his new girlfriend Paula Hurd. The two first dated in early February 2023. Paula Hurd was born in 1962 and is the widow of Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle Software Company. Mark Hurd died in 2019 from cancer. At that time, his net worth was estimated at $500 million. Paula and Mark have two daughters together: Kathryn and Kelly.

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