Melinda French Gates wasn't a"fan" of the giant mansion she shared with ex-husband Bill Gates, she shared in a new interview with"I live in a neighborhood," she told the magazine."Now I can walk to little stores. I can walk to the drugstore, I can walk to a restaurant. I absolutely love it."reports that Xanadu 2.0 comes with a bunch of high-tech features, six kitchens, a trampoline room , a reception hall that could host, like, a wedding...
French Gates and her tech mogul ex divorced in May 2021, having been married for 27 years. In 2022, she told,"I had some reasons I just couldn’t stay in that marriage anymore. But the odd thing about COVID is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do. It’s unbelievably painful, in innumerable ways, but I had the privacy to get through it."that she had several priorities when she made the decision to divorce."I thought a lot about my three children," she said.
The exes share children Jennifer, 28, Rory, 25, and Phoebe, 21. They also worked together as part of The Gates Foundation for many years, with French GatesIt’s hard to believe that after nearly 25 years, today is my last day of work at the @gatesfoundation. I want to extend an extra special thank you to foundation colleagues & alumni for all they’ve taught me over the years & for all the ways they’re carrying this work forward. ❤ pic.twitter.
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