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Bill Gates' holding company transfers $1.8 bn of equities to Melinda Gates

Melinda is now the beneficial owner of 14.1 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co. worth about $1.5 billion.

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Melinda Gates. Photo: Bloomberg

1 min read Last Updated : May 05 2021 | 11:43 AM IST

Cascade Investment, a holding company Bill Gates created with the proceeds of Microsoft Corp. stock sales and dividends, transferred securities worth more than $1.8 billion to Melinda French Gates, a day after the pair announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage.

Melinda Gates is now the beneficial

Topics : Bill Gates Microsoft Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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