It became known that on the day of the divorce with the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates of his wife Melinda received securities in the amount of 1.8 billion dollars. About marriage termination details reports Bloomberg.
According to reports sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Melinde Gates passed the shares of the Canadian National Railway Company by one and a half billion dollars, as well as the securities of the largest car dealer in the USA Autonation for $ 300 million.
According to Forbes on May 5, the State of Bill Gates is $ 124 billion. The Cascade Investments Foundation, through which Bill Gates owns the shares of a number of large companies, translated Melinda only a small share of shares. At the disposal of the Fund remains securities to 50 billion dollars of companies such as republic services engaged in the processing of waste, the largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment Deere and water purification company Ecolab.
Bill Gates and his spouse Melinda announced a divorce on May 3. According to TMZ edition, Melinda turned to court. According to her, they were irretrievably destroyed by their gates. It is noted that the divorce documents did not have information about the marriage contract. At the same time, the spouses concluded an agreement on separate accommodation.