Bill Gates admits to cheating on ex-wife Melinda with 2 women nearly 5 years post-divorce

Bill Gates came clean about cheating on his ex-wife, Melinda Gates, nearly five years after their divorce.

The Microsoft co-founder, 70, admitted on Tuesday that he “did have affairs” with two Russian women during their 27-year marriage, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“One [was] with a Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events, and one [was] with a Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities,” he told staffers at his foundation.

Melinda did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

Bill made his infidelity confession while apologizing to staff members for his ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The businessman, notably, insisted that he “did nothing illicit” and “saw nothing illicit” while traveling in the US and abroad with Epstein.

“To be clear, I never spent any time with the victims, the women around him,” he claimed to staff.

Bill went on to give his wife “credit,” saying Melinda, 61, “was always kind of skeptical about the Epstein thing.”

The entrepreneur did not identify the women he cheated on Melinda with — but the Wall Street Journal alleged in May 2023 that Epstein threatened Bill over an extramarital affair with bridge player Mila Antonova, whom Bill met in 2010.

Bill and Melinda tied the knot in 1994, going on to welcome three children — Jennifer, 29, Rory, 26, and Phoebe, 23.

When they split in 2021, Bill admitted via his rep to cheating with a Microsoft employee “almost 20 years” prior.

The following year, Melinda dodged a question on “CBS Sunday Morning” about whether her ex-husband engaged in multiple affairs during their time together.

“Those are questions Bill needs to answer,” she quipped.

Bill was grilled about being unfaithful during a “Today” show interview with Savannah Guthrie that same year.

“I certainly made mistakes, and I take responsibility,” he cryptically told the NBC anchor, without elaborating further.

Bill has since moved on with late CEO Mark Hurd’s widow, Paula Hurd, while Melinda was last romantically linked to businessman Philip Vaughn.