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Breaking: Bill Gates Transfers Part $146B Fortune To Melinda Gates

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Details of how Bill and Melinda Gates will share the Gates’ fortune are beginning to emerge. The multi-billionaire couple announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage on Monday via a joint statement.

 

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Since the divorce announcements, questions on how Bill’s $146bn fortune would be split, have arisen in the media

 

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More details have now emerged on the Gates asset split following the divorce.

 

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Cascade transfers $1.8bn equities to Melinda Gates

Cascade Investment, a holding company Bill Gates founded with proceeds from his Microsoft Corporation yesterday transferred securities worth more than $1.8 billion to Melinda Gates following their divorce.

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The securities involved include:

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14.1 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co. worth about $1.5 billion

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2.94 million shares in AutoNation Inc., worth $309 million.

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Melinda Gates is on her way to join the league of women who became sudden billionaires after divorcing their husbands.

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