Melinda and Bill were married for 27 years before announcing their split last May.
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates reflected on her « journey of healing » following her painful and high-profile divorce from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in an exclusive interview with « CBS Mornings » anchor Gayle King. Melinda and Bill were married for 27 years before announcing their split last May. French Gates told King that she shed « a lot of tears for many days, » and recalled lying on the carpet thinking, « How can this be? How can I get up? How am I gonna move forward? » She said there were days that she was angry following the split.
