The biggest melon during May Day this year was the divorce of the world-famous Bill Gates.

On May 3, local time, the billionaire couple Bill Gates and Melinda Gates passed a joint statement, announcing the end of the two parties The 27-year marriage said that an agreement had been reached on how to distribute the assets.

After a lot of thinking and experimenting with relationships, we made the decision to end the marriage. In the past 27 years, we have raised three children and established a foundation that covers the world and aims to enable everyone to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. We still share the mission based on the above beliefs and will continue to work together in the foundation, but we no longer believe that we can grow together in the next part of our lives. When we start this new life, we hope to give us family space and privacy.

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Both statements are set to prohibit comments.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly occupied the front page headlines of the media from all over the world, and Weibo was also immediately on the hot search.

Although the news of the sudden divorce of the Bill Gates and his wife shocked many people, people sighed that when the 27-year marriage came to an end, the issue of the division of the property of the Bill Gates and his wife was also full of attention-after all, as the world The top rich, The divorce of Bill Gates and his wife also means that a huge amount of wealth will be redistributed.

Since the children have grown up, the main problem of the Gates’ divorce is not the custody rights, but the division of property.

According to Forbes’s real-time rich list, as of May 3, local time, Bill Gates’ net worth reached US$130.5 billion (approximately RMB 844.7 billion) ), ranking fourth in the world.

In addition, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gates’ wealth is US$145 billion, including 1.37% of Microsoft’s shares, the Gates Foundation, holding companies, and real estate.

Huge amount of property is facing division

It is reported that Melinda applied for divorce, but Melinda did not ask for any spouse support in the divorce application.

At present, the division of the two people’s property has not been publicly announced, but it can be glimpsed according to the law of Washington State: Washington is the nine United States practice" One of the "joint property states of husband and wife", represents the property acquired during the marriage process, and the husband and wife must have a "fifty-five points".

However, couples can also reach consensus through agreement.

 Separation details surfaced 

According to reports from the New York Post and other foreign media on the 5th, according to US regulatory documents dated May 3, Bill Gates established a holding company, Cascade Investment, Transferred securities worth more than US$1.8 billion to Melinda Gates.

The transfer includes approximately US$1.5 billion in shares of the Canadian National Railways and more than US$300 million in AutoNation Inc. stock. Cascade currently holds securities valued at more than US$50 billion, including those in Republic Services Inc. , Deere&Co. And Ecolab Inc. Of shares.

Foreign media believe that this property transfer is related to the Gates’ divorce and property division.

 Gates Foundation 

The couple manages the world's largest private foundation, and previously pledged with Buffett and others to donate more than half of their personal assets.

After the divorce, how will the operations of the Gates Foundation be affected? Will the foundation face a split? How will Melinda's role be adjusted?

In response, the Gates Foundation replied, “Bill and Melinda will continue to serve as co-chairs and trustees of the Gates Foundation. There are no plans for role changes or organizational adjustments. They will continue to work together to formulate and approve the foundation’s strategy, advocate for major issues of the foundation, and determine the overall direction of the organization."

The record for the "most expensive divorce" has been broken?

Considering Bill Gates' wealth level, Bezos's previous record of "most expensive divorce" is likely to be broken.

The divorce division between Gates and Melinda is more complicated than Bezos, because Bezos' wealth is mainly concentrated in Amazon stocks. Gates’ net asset value originated from Microsoft. Over the years, he transferred most of his shares to the Gates Fund Yes, the specific number has not been announced to the outside world.

According to public data, Bill Gates personally currently owns 1.37% of Microsoft shares, with a market value of approximately $26 billion based on today's closing price.

Gates' biggest asset is Cascade Investment, which is a holding company that he uses Microsoft stock sales proceeds and Larson to jointly operate a holding company. Its business involves real estate, energy, hotels, and more than a dozen listed companies.

Gates’ real estate in the United States

In addition to the foundation, the common property of the two includes real estate in California, Florida, Wyoming, Massachusetts and other places, as well as private jets, artworks, and the "sports car team" collected by Gates.

How to distribute the wealth of hundreds of billions will eventually settle down, I believe they have made the best arrangements.

Write at the end

They have gone through 27 years, experienced wind and rain that ordinary people can't see, and they know how cold or warm they are. Perhaps as they said, if a relationship can no longer bring oneself to growth, ending may be the best way to express cherishment of the relationship. After all, everyone's ultimate destination is oneself. I hope they can meet a better self in the future.

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