Paula Hurd And Bill Gates Relationship and Paula Hurd Lifestyle
In TODAY show’s recent interview, co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates publicly accepted his relationship with philanthropist and developer Paula Hurd. Bill Gates was very happy to share this with the audience of the sho. He said, “I am lucky to have a serious girl friend named Paula. We are having fun, going to the Olympics and enjoying lots of great things together.”
Paula Hurd Married Life
Paula Hurd was married in 1989 to CEO of Oracle Hawlett-Packard, Mark Hurd. Mark Hurd passed away after 30 years of his marriage with Paula Hurd in October 2019, since then she was living her life as Mark Hurd’s widow. They both had two daughters, Kathryn and Kelly.
Paula Hurd Early Life & Education
Paula Hurd is 62 years old and she has bachelor degree in Business administration which is BBA in short from the University of Texas in Austin. She got her graduation degree in 1984. After her education, she joined in the National Cash Register. It is a company of complete solution of software and hardware provision to big firms in all over the world.
She was into sales & alliance management of big corporation and planned the events of very high profile and bigger companies as well as personal or governments.
Paula Hurd is currently serving as a chairwomen for Universal Tennis Foundation and also giving her full services to philanthropy and volunteer-ship in community development of different area in the globe.
Philanthropist Journey
Mark Hurd was educated from Baylor University and the couple is famous for their philanthropist work especially for their alma mater in education as well as health care department. The couple established Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Centre and the Hurd Tennis Center open to all university students in Baylor University. She also donated the $7 million to the stadium of Basketball and authorities dedicated a floor on the name of couple in pavilion with the name of Mark and Paula Hurd Floor.
Paula Hurd and Bill Gates Relationship
Paula Hurd and Bill Relationship came into limelight in February, 2023. Although couple has seen earlier also in many events in September 2022. There were high rumours in mid of 2023 about her engagement with Bill Gates because of the ring Paula was wearing in her finger publicly but the team confirmed that the ring doesn’t belong to Bill Gates in fact the ring is too old and she has that rings since a decade.
When Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez was engaged and announced with a very famous party, Bill Gates reached in the party with Paula Hurd and make her to meet his other ellite class people. The couple was seen publicly first time in the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in April 2024.
In July 2024, Paula Hurd was also with the Bill Gates in the Paris Olympics with Bill Gates’ daughter Jennifer Gates and his son-in-law Nayel Nassar. In ‘Source Code’ a memoir of Bill Gates which is released on Tuesday, he wrote a lot about Paula Hurd’s personality and support and told that she is among those first readers of the manuscript. Bill Gates was also seen with Paula Hurd in the most famous Indian marriage of Anant Ambani at Jamnagar.
Bill Gates Married Life
Bill Gates was married to Melinda Gates in 1994 but after 27 years Gates gave divorce to Melinda in 2021. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates had 3 children named Jennifer Catherine Gates Nassar, Rory John Gates and Phoebe Adel Gates.
Sports Likeness
Paula Hurd and Bill Gates loves to play Tennis and the coincidence is that both the couple met first time in 2015 during a Tennis match of Roger Federer. They both shared a list of mutual friends and that’s why they met very often in parties and gatherings that is why their closeness was deep throughout the time.