The divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates is set to mint another woman billionaire. Yesterday, Nairametrics reported on the first set of transactions made by Bill Gates to his ex-wife, Melinda.

She was transferred securities worth over $1 billion, already making her a billionaire. With more transfers set to come, we want to look at 5 other women who became billionaires after divorcing their husbands.

5 . Sue Ann Arnall (1bn ) 

Sue Ann Arnall was the wife of oil baron and CEO of Continental Resources, Mr Harold Hamm. The 26-year-old marriage ended in 2015 with a handwritten check of a whooping $974m to Sue Ann, which she initially rejected on the basis that it was too small. After a series of back and forth in court, however, she finally accepted the cheque.

Before the cheque, Harold Hamm had initially paid her over $20m, driving the total settlement figure over a billion dollars.

Harold Hamm is currently the 247th richest man in the world with a net worth of $8.6bn.

4. Sue Gross ( 1.3bn )

The ex-wife of Bill Gross, the billionaire founder of the investment management firm, PIMCO, walked away from her 32-year-old marriage to the business mogul with a handsome $1.3bn dollars. She started her own charity afterwards.

Bill Gross is currently worth $1.5bn according to Forbes. He founded PIMCO in 1971 and it became one of the most successful investment management firms in America.

3. Elaine Wynn ( 2bn ) 

Elaine Wynn is the ex-wife of Steve Wynn and she is a Co-Founder of the successful casino company, Wynn Resorts. After the couple divorced in 2012, she was transferred 11 million shares from the company which was valued at $795m at the time.

Her ex-husband sold a substantial amount of shares later that year, which she also got a stake in. Today, her total shares from the Wyatt Resorts are worth over $2.3bn according to Forbes.

2. Melinda Gates (1.8bn and counting) 

Melinda Gates is the latest billionaire divorcee on the block and she is already worth $1.8bn after the first transfer of wealth. Her ex-husband, Bill Gates is the 4th richest man in the world. She will be worth over $60bn if Bill Gates’ fortune is split evenly with her, although that is very unlikely.

1. Mackenzie Scott (57.7bn) 

The ex-wife of the richest man in the world tops the list with a staggering $57.7bn net worth. She met her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos when they both worked at a hedge fund in New York and she helped set up Amazon.