The revelations of Melinda Gates: « So I discovered that my husband Bill translated me »

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, A man who is worth something like 157 billion dollars, He said he considered the divorce from his wife the most serious failure of his life. A version that, almost four years after the end of the marriage, screeches with that of the former consort: «I don’t know how to interpret that sentence, I prefer not to comment. He has his life. I now have mine. I am happy ».

Melinda French Gates – The name has changed As soon as the separation sanctioned – he turned a page and a new chapter started: it is no coincidence that his new book is titled The Next Daythe next day. More than a revenge is a redemption after what, as emerges from the calibrated words of the volume, was a happy union only at times, often characterized by solitude. Loneliness in the house, in the growth of the three children, But also professional, in the foundation created together with the ex -husband, what was once called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and which now operates with the surname Gates.

He left both: the first for the desire to « remain faithful » to its values, the second, the foundation, to devote himself, with his philanthropic organization, the Pivotal Ventures, « To social progress and the growth of the power and influence of women in the USA and in the world ». If Bill admitted to having betrayed her During a marriage that lasted 27 years, Melinda, perhaps also out of respect for the children and the two granddaughters, traces the moment of breakage to When she discovered husband’s contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, The American entrepreneur accused of harassment and sexual violence died suicide in 2019.

« I had come to a point – he told the BBC and the Sunday Times – In which I understood that behind the appearances things had happened that I was not aware of and I made decisions that would allow me to respect my integrity and what I believe in ». The subtitle of the book is « transitions », change and how to go on e French Gates admits that he is in the initial phase of this transformationgrateful to be able to undertake it « with the growth and wisdom that can be at 60 », the means to afford a good psychologist and many walks with friends.

Bill has a new partner, Paula Hurd, Vedova of the founder of Oracle, she for now not, even if she had « some pleasant appointment ». Work is a priority: « I would never have thought that my granddaughters growing would have less rights than I had, » he specified. « I think it is up to the woman to decide if and when to have a child, » he added, a concept that, with the overturning of the Wade V Roe sentence, It is no longer obvious as it was once.

When the journalist of the Sunday Times He asked her if with Donald Trump he seems to witness the creation of a dictatorship, he replied that « it seems that it is what he wants », also admitting that he has tried « great disappointment » in the positioning of TECH MAGNATI such as Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. «Sometimes we make the mistake of believing that great industry leaders have the same values ​​we have. This is not always the case ».