My Biggest Regret In Life—World 7th Billionaire

<h4>My Biggest Regret<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said that his biggest regret in life was the divorce from his wife&comma; Melinda Gates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Seattle&comma; Washington&comma; United States of America  born billionaire divorced his wife in May 2021&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They were married for 27 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with The Times&comma; the 69-year-old billionaire described the divorce as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the mistake I most regret&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;He however admitted that the separation was a deeply challenging experience but noted that he feels &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;more cheerful now&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple finalised their divorce in August of 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the emotional toll&comma; Gates acknowledged the profound connection he shared with Melinda&comma; saying&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s something extraordinary about spending your entire adult life with one person&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The shared memories&comma; the depth of what you’ve accomplished together&comma; and having children—it’s all quite special&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;When Melinda and I met&comma; I was already fairly successful&comma; but not outrageously so—that happened during our time together&period; She stood by me through it all&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 7th global richest&comma; said to worth &dollar;166 billion revealed his aspiration to emulate his parents’ 45-year marriage with Melinda&comma; adding&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I encouraged Melinda to be a bit calmer than my mother was&comma; but we were both quite driven&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I spent more time with the kids than my dad did&comma; but the ratio was still 10&colon;1&comma; with Melinda doing most of the parenting&period; We had a wonderful time&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The pair met in 1987 when Melinda joined <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Microsoft<&sol;a>&comma; and together they built a life that included co-founding the Bill &amp&semi; Melinda Gates Foundation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; their divorce marked a turning point&comma; with Melinda choosing to step away from the foundation—a decision that Bill found particularly hard to accept&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When we divorced&comma; it was incredibly difficult&period; Then she chose to step away from the foundation&comma; which I found disheartening&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reflecting on the aftermath of the split&comma; Bill described it as one of his greatest failings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It has to be at the top of the list&period; There are others&comma; but none that compare&period; The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">divorce<&sol;a> was miserable for both Melinda and me for at least two years&comma;” he shared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite their separation&comma; Bill and Melinda have worked to maintain an amicable relationship while co-parenting their three children—Jennifer&comma; Rory&comma; and Phoebe—all of whom are now adults&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;