By Kristen Mosbrucker
The Times-Picayune
The most famous and by far wealthiest farmland owners in sparsely populated Concordia Parish are getting a divorce.
Bill Gates, one of the most powerful billionaires in the world and co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, and wife Melinda are ending their 27-year marriage, the two tweeted in unison on Monday.
Ownership of Angelina Plantation Farms, which sits among three wildlife areas in Monterey with a view of Bayou Cocodrie, and other property has been a rather open secret familiar to those who live in the area, masked by a web of affiliated businesses that includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.