Bill Gates & Wife Melinda Separate: 'We No Longer Believe We Can Grow Together As A Couple'

Bill and Melinda Gates are calling it quits. The Microsoft co-founder and his philanthropist wife announced on Monday that they were going their separate ways after 27 years of marriage. They each posted a joint statement on social media, which read in part, "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage."