Harvard Square Hotel Could Be Caught Up in Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce

The Gateses, through a secretive investment firm, own Harvard Square's Charles Hotel, which stands just a few blocks from Harvard Yard

By Grant Welker • Published May 19, 2021 • Updated on May 19, 2021 at 9:46 am

Perhaps Bill Gates has stayed there while stopping by Harvard University for a speaking engagement since dropping out and becoming one of the world's most famous businessmen.

Either way, a hotel in Harvard Square happens to be one of a wide range of properties that could now be caught up in the divorce between Bill and Melinda Gates.

The Gateses, through a secretive investment firm, own Harvard Square's Charles Hotel, which stands just a few blocks from Harvard Yard, off which Gates reportedly lived in Harvard's Wigglesworth Hall dorm before leaving in 1975. The 10-story hotel was built a bit later, in 1984, according to city records.

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