Tracking Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Portfolio – Q4 2020 Update

  • The huge ~$22B portfolio has just 18 positions. 
  • The largest stake, Berkshire Hathaway is at a whopping ~44% of the portfolio. 
  • This quarter saw a ~40% increase in the Schrodinger stake. 

Gates Foundation portfolio value increased marginally this quarter from ~$22.08B to ~$22.34B this quarter. Over the years, the portfolio has become extremely concentrated. In their first 13F filing in 2002, they had about 27 positions and the total portfolio value was ~$1.8B. Currently, the portfolio is around ten times that while the number of positions has gone down to just 18.

 

To know more about Gates and the Foundation, check-out the book Bill Gates: The Inspirational Life Story of Bill Gates; Businessman, Inventor, and the World's Most Remarkable Philanthropist.

 

The spreadsheet below shows Gates Foundation’s holdings as of Q4 2020. Please visit our previous updates to get an idea on how the portfolio has progressed:

 

 


 

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