Billionaire Bill Gates goes incognito with new girlfriend as other Bezos wedding guests lap up the limelight
Gates, 69, and his girlfriend Paula Hurd, 62, played tourists in matching all-black outfits as they were spotted having a low-key date at the Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia, a museum full of 19th Century art, on Friday.
Despite being far away from Silicon Valley, Gates still looked the part of a tech entrepreneur and wore a simple black polo shirt with black shorts and a matching belt.
He also wore a black hat to protect himself from the sun and opted for comfortable sneakers to peruse the Italian city.
Hurd, who has been dating Gates since 2023, wore a simple two-piece skirt set and a pair of heeled scandals. She accessorized with an impressive set of diamond earrings, a diamond necklace and black sunglasses.
The pair looked relaxed as they enjoyed the European summer weather before hopping on a water taxi toward an unknown destination.
They were seen attending one of Bezos and Sanchez's wedding events last night, where they opted for elegant looks. Gates in a black suit, sans tie, and his lover in an off-shoulder black dress.
The pair have mainly kept a low profile while attending the flashy wedding of the year, unlike other guests who have lapped up their time in the limelight.
US First Daughter, Ivanka Trump, was so excited to show off her stunning Oscar de la Renta mini dress online that she sparked security concerns.
Among the many pictures of Trump in a textured pink mini dress was a photo of her hotel room and many worried online sleuths would be able to find out the location from it.
Bezos and Sanchez have already had to make a last-minute venue change due to protests from angry locals and global tensions arising from the US strike on Iran over this past weekend.
Other notable guests, such as the Kardashians and actor Orlando Bloom, also attended.
Gates and Hund went public with their relationship in February 2023 after he and his ex-wife Melinda Gates announced their divorce in May 2021.
The philanthropist, 60, revealed details of her separation from the Microsoft founder on her new book, The Next Day. The former power couple of 27 years divorced in 2021 after Gates' links to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein emerged.
Melinda writes that she told Gates she wanted a divorce in August, 2020, and the two shared a long, sometimes 'tender' conversation, as reported by People.
'And then I got in the car to drive home,' she shared. 'On the way back, I pulled over into a parking lot and put on a Willie Nelson song we used to listen to together, Always on My Mind. I bawled, sobbing over the steering wheel.'
The pair looked relaxed as they enjoyed the European summer weather before hopping on a water taxi toward an unknown destination
Melinda also reveals in her new book that she started having nightmares of her family falling apart in the months before she decided it was time to separate from Gates.
'Bill has publicly acknowledged that he wasn't always faithful to me,' she admitted, noting the 'deeply disturbing' article that reported on Gates' meetings with Epstein.
The billionaire admitted to an affair with a Microsoft employee in 2000 and while the couple worked through it, Melinda said it left her struggling to trust him.
Gates says his dealings with Epstein were a huge mistake and added that he had no idea of the criminal behavior the financier was engaging in behind the scenes.
I knew, in that moment, that I was going to have to make a decision - and that I was going to have to make it by myself,' Melinda said about the moment she had a nightmare where she 'plummeted' into a void alongside her family.
The mom-of-three recalled how she and Gates took a trip to New Mexico together in February 2020 which she had initially planned to take alone.
On the final night, she sat the Microsoft founder down and told him she wanted to start living apart.
'It was one of the scariest conversations I'd have had,' Melinda wrote.
Her agonizing decision came in the wake of controversy over her ex-husband's friendship with sex trafficker Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell while awaiting trial in 2019.
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