Given his media exposure, his family life Bill Gates has always captured the attention of the general public, both for its professional impact and for its personal story.
The children of the founder of Microsoft, Jennifer Katharine, Rory John and Phoebe Adelehave followed paths that reflect a mix of interest in social welfare, technology, and the arts, while their parents’ relationship evolved and faced significant changes.
After the divorce of Bill and Melinda in 2021, the appearance of a new partner in the businessman’s life, Paula Kulupaadds a new chapter to the family saga, one that seems to become independent of its relationship with its children.
This complex family and professional framework, including the birth of the first grandson of Bill Gates in 2023, is interwoven with the legacy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundationa pillar in global philanthropy that continues to work for a more equitable future.
The first daughter of the owner of Microsoft has 26 years and, despite her youth, she is already married and is currently studying Medicine at the Icahn School of Mount Sinai, expected to finish her studies this year in 2023. Her wedding took place in October 2021 with Nayel Nassar, a well-known equestrian of Egyptian origin with whom he shares his passion for horse riding, in which the American’s daughter has also participated.
Rory John Gates is 21 years old and little or nothing is known about his private life. The young man has a reputation for being shy and does not even have social networks open to the public.
Interested in business and the world of technology from a very young age, after finishing high school, Rory studied Computer Science and Economics at Duke University, one of the most recognized private universities in the United States.
Phoebe has 19 yearswas raised in Seattle, where her parents shared until their divorce in 2021, she currently lives in San Francisco, where she moved to start classes at Stanford University, where she will finish her studies in 2025.
The youngest of the Gates studied classical dance at The School of American Ballet, at the famous Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, as well as at The Juilliard School, at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, which has featured with students of the stature of Jessica Chastain and Robin Williams and in which only 0.6 percent of the candidates who take the tests enter.
For 27 years Melinda French and Bill Gates They were much more than one of the richest couples in the world: they were, above all, a society.
Daughter of an aerospace engineer and a housewife, and first in her class since elementary school, Melinda Ann French He had job offers from several companies when he added an MBA to his degrees in Economics and Computer Science from Duke University.
On May 3, 2021 and after 27 years of marriage, the end of her marriage to Bill Gates was announced. The divorce does not mean the end of her relationship in the world of philanthropy, as they will continue to work together.
Melinda created the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with her husband, Bill Gates, in 2000, based in Seattle, a charitable organization that has donated more than $38 billion and works to promote greater equity in the areas of health, education, access to libraries and support for children in need.
This foundation has contributed to denouncing the evident imbalance in the salaries and power of women compared to men in the Silicon Valley technology industry, which fosters certain conditions of abuse.
After divorcing Melinda Frenchto whom he was married for 27 years, during the men’s final of the Australian Open 2023the businessman was shown with his new partner, Paula Kulupa.
The 60-year-old woman is a philanthropist, tennis lover and event organizer. According to his LinkedIn profile, he organizes business, personal and charity meetings.
Paula was the wife of the former CEO of Oracle, Mark Hurd since 1990. The couple led a discreet life by the standards of millionaires of the time, raising two daughters, Kathryn and Kelly, and they continued with their careers. Until Mark died of cancer in 2019.
After Mark’s death, Paula dedicated herself to managing the family investment fund with assets estimated at more than 450 million euros. She may have been the common link when starting a relationship with Gates, although they were not exactly strangers.
According to what he told People a friend of the couple, the relationship is stable, but independent of their children. Gates, at least, “has not yet introduced him to his people.” And at the end of the year he expressed his joy upon learning that his first-born daughter, Jennifermade him a grandfather in 2023,
