What is Paula Hurd’s net worth? Bill Gates' rumored girlfriend earned wealth through event planning
MEDINA, WASHINGTON: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has reportedly been dating Paula Hurd for over a year. The two bonded over their mutual love for tennis and are apparently inseparable now. According to their inner circle, they are very much in a romantic relationship.
Paula Hurd is the 60-year-old widow of former Oracle co-CEO and president Mark Hurd, who unfortunately died at the age of 62 in 2019 after a reported battle with cancer. He had an estimated net worth of $500 million at the time of his death. Paula tied the knot with Mark back in 1990, and they shared two kids, Kelly Hurd, and Kathryn Hurd. Mark was also a former member of the News Corporation and Technology CEO Council's board of directors until 2010.
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Paula is a very successful event planner, organizer, and philanthropist. Although she has come into the limelight as a celebrity wife, she has quite a successful professional career going on. Paula is currently working as the Event Manager at Club 127, according to her LinkedIn, where she helps produce and promote mid and large-scale events for private, corporate, and charitable occasions. Before this, Paula was a technology executive and served at NCR, an American technology corporation that manufactures self-service kiosks, for 18 years, from 1984–2002.
What is Paula Hurd's net worth?
As one of the most elite and successful event planners in the US, and keeping in mind her previous business ventures, Paula has earned quite a lot for herself. Her current net worth is estimated to be between $3.5 million and $4.5 million, according to WikiBio. Along with her husband, Paula bought a spacious five-bedroom house in Atherton, California, worth around $7.1 million in 2005.
More about Paula Hurd
Paula was born and raised in the US, and she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Texas. Her maiden name is Kalupa. She lives a very private, discreet life and does not share much about herself or her children. Paula and her late husband were very much into charity, and they were longtime donors of Mark's alma mater Baylor University. In 2018, for a philanthropic campaign, they contributed $1.1 million, according to DailyMail.