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Does Bill Gates Have a Girlfriend? Meet Paula Hurd

Bill and Melinda Gates are no longer an item following their shocking split in 2021. So has the Microsoft co-founder moved on?

While admitting he’s “more cheerful now,” he also called the epic split “the mistake I regret the most.” Still, that hasn’t stopped Bill, 69, from moving forward — he’s frequently seen with Paula Heard, who was married to the late Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, who died in 2019. Per PEOPLE, when the couple confirmed their budding romance in April of 2023, an insider said the relationship was “widely known.” In August of 2023, they upped the ante by attending the lavish engagement party of Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” Bill wrote in a surprise Tweet at the time.

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