Jennifer Gates in a shock over parents’ divorce: Pleads for privacy

NEW YORK-(MaraviPost)-Jennifer Gates, the eldest child of Bill and Melinda Gates, has reacted to the shock announcement of her parents’ divorce, describing it as a “challenging stretch of time”.

Jennifer who is the first of couple’s three children and a second-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai took to Instagram to share how she is dealing with the divorce news.

She also requested for privacy as the family “navigate the next phases of our lives”.

“I’m still learning how to best support my own process and emotions as well as my family members at this time and am grateful for the space to do so,” she said on an Instagram story.

She also said the kind words and support from people “mean the world to her”.

Jennifer Gates, 25, is the oldest of the former couple’s three children. The others are her brother Rory, 21, and sister Phoebe, 18.

Bill Gates, their dad, is estimated to be worth US$130.5 billion, according to Forbes.

See her post below.

Source: www.expressiveinfo.com

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.