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Bill Gates is celebrating love in Italy with his girlfriend, Paula Hurd.
On Thursday, June 26, the Microsoft co-founder was spotted with his girlfriend in Venice attending the wedding welcome party for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his bride-to-be Lauren Sánchez. The event is taking place at a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell’Orto church.
Gates, who was spotted at the Venice Marco Polo Airport earlier in the day, was dressed in a classic black suit with a white button-up shirt.
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Hurd matched his look in a black off-the-shoulder dress. She paired her outfit with a sparkling necklace and stud earrings.
Other celebrities spotted attending the welcome party include Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom, Kris Jenner and boyfriend Corey Gamble, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King.
News of Gates and Hurd’s romance came in February 2023, nearly two years after Gates and ex-wife Melinda French Gates announced they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage in May 2021.
A source told PEOPLE at the time Gates and Hurd’s relationship was made public that, “It’s widely known that Bill Gates and Paula Hurd are dating, but she hasn’t met his kids yet.”
Confirmation of their romance came after the couple was spotted at several sporting events together months prior, including the Laver Cup in September 2022 and the Australian Open in January 2023.
They also attended Bezos and Sánchez’s engagement party in August 2023, which took place aboard the Bezos’ yacht on Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
Gates and Hurd made their red carpet debut at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in April 2024.
In February 2025, Gates spoke out about their romance for the first time on the Today show, telling Savannah Guthrie, “I’m lucky to have a serious girlfriend named Paula.”
“We’re having fun. Going to the Olympics and lots of great things,” he added.
Gates also gave Hurd a shout-out at the end of his debut memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, even though the book takes place decades before their romance began.
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“Early readers of the manuscript included Paula Hurd, Marc St. John, and Sheila Gulati,” he wrote. “The close read from dear and trusted friends provided much-needed thoughtful and insightful feedback at critical stages in the writing.”