Images of the couple, who set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, after they announce their divorce.
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Bill and Melinda Gates have announced they are ending their marriage after 27 years because they “no longer believe we can grow as a couple in the next phase of our lives”.
The couple set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – a non-profit agency that set out to fight poverty, disease and inequity around the world – in 2000.
The couple first met in the 1980s when Melinda joined the Microsoft firm.
Mr Gates is the fourth wealthiest person in the world, according to Forbes, and is worth $124bn (£89bn).
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