Bill Gates’ divorce triggers $142bn battle over his fortune
Microsoft founder’s Cascade vehicle faces a flood of interest on how it has invested his wealth and that of his estranged wife
Bill Gates’ relationship with his first money manager wasn’t a particularly successful one.
In the mid-1980s, the Microsoft co-founder entrusted management of his growing fortune to Andrew Evans, a close friend who ran a brokerage firm.
The pair had known each other since Microsoft’s early days, bonding over their love of sports cars and hot technology stocks. Evans described the relationship as “one of the most important friendships” in his life.