Bill Gates: 56 Berkshire Hathaway transactions (Bill & Melinda Gates (2024)

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How much money did Melinda Gates get from Bill Gates? ›

French Gates will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates, next week and receive $12.5 billion from Gates as part of their divorce agreement. The donations will be made through her Pivotal Ventures group.

A new 13F filing for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust reveals two key changes made in the first quarter. The trust sold 1.7 million Microsoft shares and 2.6 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK).

Bill Gates sold off a sizeable chunk of his portfolio last quarter, which could be seen as another bearish signal for the stock market and a move that mirrors Warren Buffett's recent decisions.

Bullish on this entire logistics and supply chain market, regardless of the competitive differences, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation now owns through Cascade Investment 1.53 million shares of FedEx Corp. This is worth $392 million.

In her op-ed, French Gates said she was once told to set her own agenda before someone else sets it — and that's why she chose to leave the Gates Foundation. She said naysayers about charitable efforts to empower women have frustrated her with their shortsightedness.

129.8 billion USD (2024)

Bill Gates / Net worth

Microsoft Corp (MSFT. O) co-founder Bill Gates' investment vehicle Cascade Investment LLC has become the largest shareholder in farm machinery maker Deere & Co (DE. N), with a 5% stake, according to a regulatory filing.

Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, WA, develops, manufactures, and sells both software and hardware to businesses and consumers. Microsoft is a mega-cap stock with a market capitalization of $3.1 trillion.

Does Bill Gates own Berkshire Hathaway? ›

Gates hasn't owned Berkshire Hathaway stock nearly as long as Buffett has. However, since his foundation first purchased shares of Buffett's company in the second quarter of 2010, Berkshire stock has more than quintupled in value.

The ownership structure of Microsoft (MSFT) stock is a mix of institutional, retail and individual investors. Approximately 58.68% of the company's stock is owned by Institutional Investors, 7.72% is owned by Insiders and 33.59% is owned by Public Companies and Individual Investors.

Bill Gates Costco Wholesale Corp

The first Costco Wholesale trade was made in Q3 2002. Since then Bill Gates bought shares ten more times and sold shares on four occasions. The investor sold all their shares in Q4 2012 and doesn't own any shares in Costco Wholesale anymore.

Editor's Choice. The trust didn't own much of ride-hailing giant Uber, just 26,767 shares, but sold them all in the fourth quarter. Uber stock had a strong 2020, surging 71.5%.

As of September 2021, Gates' net worth is estimated to be around $125 billion. If his fortune were converted to gold, he would have approximately 2,500 metric tons of the metal. That's equivalent to about two Olympic-sized swimming pools filled with gold.

His goal is to make the world better for future generations, including his young granddaughter, Leila — and he has given away an astounding $59 billion in the process.

As of 2018, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates had donated around $36 billion to the foundation. Since its founding, the foundation has endowed and supported a broad range of social, health, and education developments, including the establishment of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships at Cambridge University.

While the shape of WHO's total budget has changed over the years, the Gates Foundation has consistently remained among its top contributors. In 2018-2019, the United States was the largest donor at $893 million, accounting for around 15 per cent of WHO's budget. The Gates Foundation came only second, with $531 million.

Gates is estimated to be worth roughly $127 billion, according to Forbes. Regulatory filings reveal that nearly $46 billion of that total is held by the Trust. This includes more than 38 million shares of Microsoft stock, valued at more than $15 billion.