There has been a striking news roaming around on social media that Bill Gates, the sixth richest man in the world, is in a relationship with Paula Hurd, who is the widow of Oracle’s CEO, late Mark Hurd.
The news was first revealed by PEOPLE. According to the magazine, a source confirmed them that the Microsoft co-founder and Paula Hurd are officially dating, but Hurd hasn’t been introduced to Gates’ family yet.
Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates got divorced in 2021, after twenty-nine years of married life. The duo tied the knot in 1994 and have three children, namely Phoebe Adele, Jennifer Catherine and Rory John Gates together.
Although Melinda did not reveal the exact reason of their divorce, back then she officially announced the news by saying, “I had some reasons. I just couldn’t stay in that marriage anymore. But the odd thing about Covid is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do. It’s unbelievably painful, in innumerable ways, but I had the privacy to get through it.”
Coming to this day, Bill Gates and Paula Hurd have been captured together by the paps several times since last month. But their relationship was not officially confirmed till now. The alleged couple first got captured in the camera at Australian Open in Melbourne, while watching the game sitting side-by-side and enjoying. According to rumours, the couple has known each other before Mark Hurd’s death because of their same field.
Paula Hurd’s husband, Mark Hurd, took his last breath in 2019 at the age of 62 after battling with cancer for a long time. Ms. Hurd currently works as an event planner and is also a philanthropist. She once worked as a tech executive as well. Paula and Mark have two daughters, Kathryn and Kelly Hurd.
