Melinda Gates reportedly rented N50m-per-night private Island to avoid the media amid divorce from Bill Gates

Melinda Gates reportedly rented N50m-per-night private Island to avoid the media amid divorce from Bill Gates

Melinda Gates reportedly rented a private night island in Grenada so that she and her family would be able to avoid media attention after her divorce announcement.

The private island goes for $132,000 (N50 million) a night.

Bill and Melinda announced the decision to end their marriage of 27 years on Monday, May 3, 2020.

A joint statement they released on Monday read in part: “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage.”

However, sources told TMZ that the couple had actually planned to make the announcement in March, at which point Melinda rented Calivigny Island, Grenada

According to the outlet’s sources, the plan was for Melinda and the couple’s three children, as well as their significant others, to stay on the island, which Bill was reportedly not invited to

The 80-acre island, which offers guests 25 “magnificent suites and cottages,” is reached by a five-minute boat ride from Grenada.

Sources also said that the family has taken Melinda’s side for the most part, and that it is not a “friendly split”.

On the day they announced their intentions to divorce, the Microsoft founder’s investment firm transferred $1.8bn in stock to his estranged wife, according to Bloomberg.