After the split,Bill made it clear that he had no regrets about marrying Melinda.
However, he also didn’t waste much time moving on.
But just who is Bill Gates' girlfriend Paula Hurd?
Paula and Mark wed in 1990, four years beforeBill and Melinda Gates hit the same relationship milestone.
Mark had been co-CEO of the software company Oracle at the time of his death.
In addition to Paula herself, Mark was survived by the pair’s two daughters.
And as it turns out, his girlfriend Paula Hurd appears to have similar priorities.
(Paula herself attended the University of Texas at Austin, about 100 miles away down I-35).
According toBusiness Insider, Paula and Mark made several donations to the school over the course of their marriage.
