Bill and Melinda Gates , Announce Divorce After 27 Years.<br />The Microsoft co-founder announced he and <br />Melinda were splitting up via Twitter on Monday.<br />After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage, Bill Gates, Twitter.<br />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, Bill Gates, Twitter.<br />We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can growth together as a couple in this next phase of our lives, Bill Gates, Twitter.<br />The couple were married in 1994.<br />The vastly influential <br />Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation oversees <br />an endowment of more than $50 billion.<br />Bill Gates is worth more than <br />$124 billion, making him one of the <br />richest people in the world.<br />The fate of the foundation and of the <br />Gates fortune has yet to be disclosed
