American media reported that Bill Gates and Merlinda had originally tried to announce their divorce two months ago.
American entertainment media TMZ said the Bill Gates and the couple tried to announce their divorce in March, but their lawyers had not completed the divorce agreement and stopped the announcement.
According to reports, Merlinda attempted to avoid public interest by renting the entire island of Calibini, Granada, owned by a French man, at the time of the announcement of the divorce for $132,000 per night, or KRW 14797 million per night. Is known.
Bill Gates was not invited to the island, he said, because his family was upset with Bill Gates.
When Bill Gates and Merlinda announced they would end their marriage for 27 years on the 3rd, they did not disclose specific reasons.
However, in the application for divorce submitted to the court, he said, "The marriage has been irreversibly broken."
Online, there are rumors that the divorce was due to Shelley Wang, a female Chinese interpreter who worked for the Bill and Merlinda Gates Foundation, founded and operated by Bill and Merlinda the day before. He refuted.