The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Sold All Its Shares of Apple and Twitter Right Before the Billionaire Couple Announced Their Divorce
The foundation’s trust sold the shares for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Weeks before Bill and Melinda Gates in early May, the foundation bearing their names sold off hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of stock in Apple and Twitter.
Securities and Exchange Commission filings from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Sunday, revealed that the foundation’s trust had sold its entire stakes in Apple and Twitter as of the end of March.
Since the divorce announcement, . Bill is one of the world’s richest people, with .
Bill and Melinda and are relying on a “separation contract” to divide assets. A prenuptial agreement establishes a contractual agreement in the event of a divorce, but a separation contract is less formal — it’s a legal agreement that stipulates each party’s rights and obligations, like child support and custody, that doesn’t involve a court.
Related: Bill Gates Is Reportedly Hiding Out in Billionaires’ Golf Club
The Gateses’ divorce filing and asked that their assets be split according to the separation contract.
Related: Melinda Gates Sought a Divorce Since 2019 Due to Bill’s Meetings with Jeffrey Epstein: WSJ
Weeks before Bill and Melinda Gates in early May, the foundation bearing their names sold off hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of stock in Apple and Twitter.
Securities and Exchange Commission filings from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Sunday, revealed that the foundation’s trust had sold its entire stakes in Apple and Twitter as of the end of March.
Since the divorce announcement, . Bill is one of the world’s richest people, with .
Bill and Melinda and are relying on a “separation contract” to divide assets. A prenuptial agreement establishes a contractual agreement in the event of a divorce, but a separation contract is less formal — it’s a legal agreement that stipulates each party’s rights and obligations, like child support and custody, that doesn’t involve a court.
Related: Bill Gates Is Reportedly Hiding Out in Billionaires’ Golf Club
The Gateses’ divorce filing and asked that their assets be split according to the separation contract.
Related: Melinda Gates Sought a Divorce Since 2019 Due to Bill’s Meetings with Jeffrey Epstein: WSJ
