staff writer BILL GATES has transferred $1.8-billion in stocks to his estranged wife Melinda Gates.
The couple announced on Monday they are to divorce, and it has now been revealed the Microsoft co-founder gave Melinda shares in two companies on the same day.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, Bill – who has an estimated net worth of more than $124-billion – transferred more than 14 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co., worth around $1.53-billion, and more than 2.9 million shares of AutoNation, worth around $310-million, via his investment firm, Cascade Investment.
The pair – who have three children together, 21-year-old son Rory, and daughters Jennifer, 25, and Phoebe, 18 – announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage in a joint statement.
It read: "After a great deal…