Bill Gates
$117.5B
Born
Oct 28, 1955
Age
69
Source of Wealth
Microsoft
Residence
Medina, Washington
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
3
Education
Drop Out, Harvard University
- Bill Gates diversified his fortune from software firm Microsoft into dozens of holdings, including waste disposal firm Republic Services and tractor maker Deere & Co.
- Gates, a computer enthusiast from a young age, dropped out of Harvard to cofound Microsoft with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975, hoping to capitalize on the spread of personal computers.
- As of March 2020, when Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board, he owned about 1.3% of the software and computing company's shares.
- After Bill donated Microsoft shares worth billions to the trust that funds the Gates Foundation in 2022, his Microsoft stake is now less than 1%, Forbes estimates.
- In 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates each announced on Twitter they were ending their marriage after 27 years. He is now the sole chairman of the charitable Gates Foundation.
- To date, Gates has donated more than $59 billion to the Gates Foundation, including a $20 billion gift announced in 2022. Most of his early donations were gifts of Microsoft stock.
- When Gates was a kid, he spent so much time reading that his parents finally forbade him from bringing books to the dinner table.
- Gates took a break from classes his senior year in high school to do programming with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant in North Bonneville, Washington.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ | ACGL-US | Arch Capital Group | 0 | 88.38 | USD |
| NYSE | ARCO-US | Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc | 0 | 7.80 | USD |
| NYSE | AN-US | AutoNation Inc. | 7,062,000 | 211.99 | USD |
| NYSE | BRK.A-US | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Cl A) | 4,350 | 720500.00 | USD |
| NYSE | CNI-US | Canadian National Railway Co. | 2,585,000 | 106.60 | USD |
| NYSE | KOF-US | Coca-Cola FEMSA S.A.B de C.V. | 0 | 97.17 | USD |
| NYSE | DE-US | Deere & Co | 19,771,000 | 520.31 | USD |
| NYSE | ECL-US | Ecolab | 29,178,000 | 272.46 | USD |
| NASDAQ | EVLV-US | Evolv Technologies Holdings | 18,659,000 | 5.79 | USD |
| NASDAQ | XCUR-US | Exicure | 41,800 | 5.96 | USD |
| MADRID | FCC-ES | Fomento de Construcciones y Contrata | 18,131,000 | 14.07 | EUR |
| NYSE | FMX-US | Fomento Economico Mex-SP ADR | 27,900,000 | 106.19 | USD |
| NYSE | DNA-US | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings | 3,797,000 | 12.66 | USD |
| SIX SWISS | GIVN-CH | Givaudan S.A. | 987,070 | 4870.18 | CHF |
| MEXICO | TLEVISACPO-MX | Grupo Televisa S.A.B Unit Class A (TLEVISACPO-MX) | 0 | 0.47 | MXN |
| EURONEXT AMSTERDAM | HEIO-NL | Heineken Holding | 6,534,000 | 76.43 | EUR |
| NASDAQ | MSFT-US | Microsoft | 63,743,000 | 491.09 | USD |
| EURONEXT AMSTERDAM | OCI-NL | OCI NV | 0 | 8.89 | EUR |
| EGYPT | OCIC-EG | Orascom Construction Industries S.A. | 0 | 4.41 | EGP |
| NASDAQ | OTTR-US | Otter Tail Corp. | 3,456,000 | 79.42 | USD |
| NYSE | RSG-US | Republic Services | 109,812,000 | 237.69 | USD |
| SIX SWISS | SIKA-CH | Sika | 5,133,000 | 270.99 | CHF |
| NYSE | RBOT-US | Vicarious Surgical | 18,096,000 | 7.36 | USD |
| US OTC | VRMMQ-US | Vroom | 0 | 6.00 | USD |
| NYSE | WM-US | Waste Management | 0 | 223.39 | USD |