Bill Gates transferred $2.4 billion in stocks to his soon-to-be ex-wife Melinda — $600 million more than initially believed — on …
Bill Gates transferred $2.4 billion in stocks to his soon-to-be ex-wife Melinda — $600 million more than initially believed — on the day one of the world’s wealthiest couple announced they were splitting, according to new filings. The Post and others reported earlier Wednesday that Gates shuffled $1.8 billion of stock to Melinda through Cascade Investment, a holding company that the Microsoft co-founder formed to manage his financial assets. The transfer included more than $1.5 billion in shares of Canadian National Railway and over $300 million in AutoNation stock. Those transfers, which occurred on Monday, were publicly disclosed on Tuesday. But additional filings disclosed on Wednesday reveal that Gates also transferred to his wife a roughly $120 million stake in Coca-Cola Femsa, a Mexican bottling company for Coke, and almost $390 million of holdings in Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa.
