The Microsoft billionaire opened up about a “year of great personal sadness” in his 2021 year in … [+] review. AFP via Getty Images Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has led by any measure a highly eventful life—but says no year was more “difficult” or “unusual” than 2021. The world’s No. 4 richest person (worth nearly $139 billion, Forbes estimates) opened up about his personal struggles—including his headline-making divorce from Melinda French Gates—in a year-in-review post published on Tuesday to his blog, GatesNotes. The typically upbeat Gates struck a somber tone in his lengthy annual post, describing 2021 as “an incredibly hard year for many people, including me.” While admitting he’d rather focus on his work over the past year, Gates recogn… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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