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Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates who is worth an estimated $130 billion and his wife, Melinda, are getting a divorce after 27 years of marriage, the couple announced Monday in a joint statement.

After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage, a statement from the billionaire philanthropist couple, tweeted from both of their personal Twitter accounts at 4:30 p.m. EST, reads.

Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives, the statement goes on.

via nypost.com

I think this is disqualifying for the job of Master of Everyone’s Life.