Melinda French Gates now owns $5.7 billion in stock post-divorce with Bill Gates

Melinda French Gates has received stocks that are now worth over $5.7 billion since the Gates announced their divorce on May 3 this year. On Thursday, Cascade Investment, a holding company created by Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, transferred shares of three companies worth around $2.4 billion to French Gates. She had received equities worth over $3 billion earlier.