Bill Gates, Melinda Gates to divorce after 27 years of marriage
Gates’s biggest asset is Cascade Investment, a holding company he created with the proceeds of Microsoft stock sales and dividends that’s run by Michael Larson. Through Cascade, Gates has interests in real estate, energy and hospitality as well as stakes in dozens of public companies, including Canadian National Railway and Deere & Co. Monica Mazzei, a divorce attorney and a partner at Sideman & Bancroft in San Francisco, said the big question concerning the couple’s foundation and family office is to what extent they plan on working together going forward. “Even in the most amicable ...