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After announcing his divorce from Bill Gates, his wife Melinda received three billion dollars in shares
After Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced their divorce in early May, Melinda received over $3 billion worth of shares. It is reported by Bloomberg.
The shares of Melinda Gates were transferred by Cascade Investment, an investment company created by Bill Gates to manage his assets. Cascade Investment controls Gates' stakes in various companies totaling $52 billion.
Melinda Gates has already received from Cascade Investment shares in such companies as the American manufacturer of agricultural equipment John Deere, the Mexican beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Femsa, the Canadian National Railway.
- Bill and Melinda Gates announced their divorce on May 3rd. At the same time, it remains unknown how the spouses will divide the property.
- Prior to the announcement of the divorce, Forbes estimated Gates' fortune at $130 billion, Bloomberg at $146 billion. At the moment, the fortune of the founder of Microsoft, according to Forbes, is $ 128.3 billion, according to Bloomberg - $ 144 billion.
- the most expensive in history is considered The divorce of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie in 2019 . Mackenzie received $35 billion worth of Amazon shares from her ex-husband. She joined the Giving Pledge initiative, in which rich people pledge to give the bulk of their wealth to charity.