New information are emerging about how Bill Gates and his partner of 27 years, Melinda Gates, are dividing up their wealth following their divorce statement.
According to SEC filings gotten by E! News, Bill offered Melinda, who he wed in 1994, more than 14 million shares of the Canadian National Railway Company, in addition to 2.9 million shares of AutoNation. Together, this corresponds to more than $1.8 billion dollars in stock.
Bill, who was the co-founder of Microsoft, is the 4th wealthiest guy on the planet, with a projected net worth of over $124 billion, according to Town & Country. Melinda is a previous supervisor at Microsoft, who, in addition to her hubby, co-founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000. The non-profit is committed to “fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world,” according to its site, and works towards combating illness like HIV/AIDS, polio and malaria.
The separated couple revealed the news of their divorce on May 3 in a joint declaration.
