BIll Gates | Married

Given their prominent degrees, Melinda and Bill Gates are arguably the most important pair of our generation. Melinda is a philanthropist and former Microsoft general manager. She is a co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which works to improve global healthcare and alleviate poverty. Bill is the founder of the Microsoft Corporation and has a net worth of $136.2 billion, making him the world’s fourth-richest man.

They met at a PC trade show in New York City in 1987. She realized he was funnier than she thought at the time, but nothing much transpired. Melinda and Bill bumped into each other again in the Microsoft parking lot, and he asked her out. Bill and Melinda married in a private ceremony on the Hawaiian island of Lanai on New Year’s Day 1994. The event took place at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai’s golf course. Regrettably, all beautiful things must come to an end. The former couple announced their plans to split, saying they don’t believe they can “grow together as a pair.”