The billionaire was not a "flower to smell": The mysterious beauty is the main culprit for the divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates
Some blame the divorce on young entrepreneur Will Shelley Wang, 36, who worked with the couple Gates…
Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced their divorce on May 3. But according to sources familiar with the situation, the separation was not as friendly as the couple presented to the public.
Bill and Melinda were prepared to announce their divorce in March, but were stopped by their lawyers, who continued to try to reach an agreement before the official announcement of the divorce.
- Bill Gates (@BillGates) May 3, 2021
Melinda fled to a paradise island
Melinda expected that the divorce statement would cause chaos in the media, so she "ran away". An anonymous source told the American tabloid TMZ on Thursday that Melinda is staying on the Caribbean island of Calvinji, where a day costs 132.000 dollars. The divorce notice was postponed until May, but Melinda decided to go to the island and take her three children, Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe with her. Bill Gates was not invited to the luxury "escape" because, according to sources, his children were very angry.
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These inscriptions suggest that the divorce of the powerful couple was cruel, but also that some form of financial agreement between the soon-to-be ex-spouses is still made. Allegedly, on the day Melinda officially filed for divorce, Bill transferred to her shares worth almost 2 billion dollars.
It is not yet clear what caused the marriage to end, but it is known that Melinda was the first to file for divorce, saying their relationship was "irreversibly damaged".
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The beautiful translator is accused
Some see the "culprit" in the young entrepreneur who worked with the Gates couple. Namely, Shelley Wang (36), who collaborated with the philanthropic foundation Bill and Melinda Gates, had to respond to the rumors circulating on the Internet, according to which she had an affair with Bill Gates. Wang said these were baseless rumors and that she was not to blame for the separation of Bill and Melinda, who had been married for 27 years.
Bill Gates mistress is Zhe 'Shelly' Wang from China. pic.twitter.com/JRc37U6iiy
- Michael DeLauzon 🦅 🦅 (@MichaelDeLauzon) May 5, 2021
"At first I thought the rumors themselves would be refuted, because their sources have no basis, but I did not expect them to go crazy. "Thanks to everyone who has expressed concern about me over the past 24 hours in private messages and to friends who have helped me deny the gossip," Wang wrote on the Weibo social network. Her friends defend her, saying that she is an honest girl and that she would not interfere in other people's marriages.
#Chinese interpreter, 36, who works for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation denies vicious rumors that she is the reason for the couple's $ 130B split
Zhe 'Shelly' Wang was forced to confront online rumors of an affair with Gates, She living in #Seattle and unmarried pic.twitter.com/O1JmhLcc7c- Hans Solo (@thandojo) May 6, 2021
Wang, who lives in Seattle and is unmarried, is a professional translator and has worked with Yale and Harvard Universities as well as the Gates Foundation. It is unclear what caused Wang to be the target of rumors, other than photos she posted online showing her working with the Gates Foundation, but hints of her connection to Bill as a fire spread on Chinese social media.
Fox News 'discovers' an obvious mainland chinese spy, Zhe Shelly Wang, who talked to bill gates a few times, MUST have caused the divorce, and threatens ALL things American. Predictable.https://t.co/KNH1kGhovu pic.twitter.com/CqE727qhaT
- kSk Boz✨ (@skkboz) May 6, 2021
Once a year he saw his ex-girlfriend
The media also focused on the vacations of the billionaire and his ex-girlfriend Ann Winblad, with whom he was in a relationship before Melinda. One of the most intriguing details of Bill and Melinda's marriage is the fact that he maintained close contact with his ex-girlfriend. Gates spent a few days each spring with Ann at her house in Outter Banks, without Melinda, where they enjoyed sand-jeep rides, long walks, and speedboats. Bill himself confirmed this in a 1997 interview, in which he revealed that he spends one weekend a year with Ann.
Gates spent a weekend with his ex-girlfriend once a year, Melinda approved!
Bill and Ann divorced in 1987 after a three-year relationship, in part because Ann, who is five years older, was then ready for marriage while Gates was not. "When I decided to marry Melinda, I called Ann and asked her for a blessing," Bill told Time. Ann, meanwhile, married Edward Alex Klein.
