Bill Gates has given Melinda Gates $850 million worth of shares in Deere & Co, as one of the world s wealthiest couples divides up their fortune.
The transfer of 2.25 million shares in the company, which makes the iconic John Deere tractors, was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday with the Securities Exchange Commission.
The filing said that Bill received no consideration for the transfer of shares to Melinda, which represented about 7 percent of his total stake in Deere & Co.
Since the couple announced their divorce on May 3, Bill has disclosed stock transfers to Melina worth roughly $3 billion, including shares of AutoNation and Canadian National Railway.
Microsoft Corp conducted an investigation Bill Gates’s alleged affair with an employee almost two decades ago, though he stepped down before it was completed. Reuters
Microsoft Corp conducted an investigation into co-founder Bill Gates’s involvement with an employee almost two decades ago after it was informed in 2019 of his attempt to start a romantic relationship with that person.
The board reviewed the matter and held a “thorough investigation” with the help of an external law firm, the software giant said. It didn’t reach a conclusion to the probe because Gates had stepped down before it was completed, Microsoft said.
Microsoft Corp.’s directors started a probe into Bill Gates’s alleged involvement with a female employee that was deemed inappropriate and decided that the co-founder had to step down from the board last year, Dow Jones reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The software giant had received a concern in 2019 that that Gates had tried to have an “intimate” relationship with an employee in 2000, Dow Jones cited a Microsoft spokesman as saying. The board reviewed the matter with the help of an outside law firm, the spokesman added. Board members handling the matter hired the law firm to conduct the investigation after receiving a letter from a Microsoft engineer who said she had a sexual relationship with Gates for years, Dow Jones said. Gates left before the probe was completed, it reported.
Microsoft Corp. investigated the relationship between co-founder Bill Gates and an employee, which happened nearly two decades ago. The company was told in 2019 of his attempt to establish a romantic relationship with the person.
Microsoft said the board reviewed the matter and conducted a “thorough investigation” with the help of an external law firm. Microsoft said that because Gates had stepped down before completing the investigation, the investigation has not yet reached a conclusion.
Microsoft said in a statement: “Microsoft received concerns about Bill Gates’ attempts to establish close relationships with company employees in the second half of 2019,” Microsoft said in a statement. “A committee of the board of directors, with the assistance of an external law firm, reviewed the issue for a thorough investigation. Throughout the investigation, Microsoft provided extensive support to employees who raised concerns.”