Bill and Melinda Gates shocked techies all over the world when theyannounced their split.

The couple jointly took toTwitterto share with the world that they had made the decision to end their marriage.

The dynamic duo had been married for almost three decades.

Bill and Melinda Gates on a Zoom chat.

The dream team met back in 1987, right after Melinda was promoted to a product manager at Microsoft.

She’s a lot like me in that she is optimistic and she is interested in science.

She is better with people than I am."

Bill and Melinda Gates at a gala.

So, what caused their marriage to sour?

But Melinda wasn’t having it, telling him, “Two weeks from tonight?

Who says romance is dead?

Bill and Melinda Gates watching tennis.

One of the main disagreements seemed to revolve around the annual letter which Bill used to write.

But in 2013, Melinda wanted to pen the script as she too was a co-founder.

I felt, ‘Well, this just might end the marriage right here’” (viaNewsweek).