Co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has been removed from the Bloomberg’s billionaire’s index hours after ending his 27 years marriage with his partner Melinda.
Bloomberg delisted the billionaire from its index shortly after the news of Gates divorce went viral, with Melinda saying the marriage is “irretrievably broken” in divorce filings that also reveal the couple have no prenup agreement.
Bill and Melinda Gates, are one of the world’s richest couples with a fortune of $130billion.
They announced their decision to go separate ways on Monday night, seeking privacy.
Before Gates was removed from the list, he was on the fourth spot after Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault.
Gates, who has a net worth of $130 billion, owns 1.37% of Microsoft’s outstanding shares, which are worth more than $26 billion.
Bill, 64, and Melinda, 56, met in 1987 – the same year he became the world’s youngest billionaire at the age of 31 – married in Hawaii in 1994, and have three children together: Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe 18.
