- The huge ~$20B portfolio has 21 positions.
- The largest stake, Berkshire Hathaway is at a whopping ~51% of the portfolio.
- They decreased Berkshire Hathaway, Caterpillar, and Wal-Mart and dropped Alphabet, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Grupo Televisa SA during the quarter.
Gates Foundation portfolio value decreased from ~$23B to ~$20B 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 over ten times that while the number of positions has gone down to just 18.
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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 Q1 2022. Please visit our previous
update to get an idea on how the portfolio has progressed:
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