Bill Gates is now worth $153 billion and his net worth has crossed the
- $133 billion threshold, according to a real-time rankings from Forbes`s real-time-billionaires
- $153 billion threshold, according to a real-time rankings from Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.
He’s one of only ten moguls worth over $100 billion and is currently the fourth-richest person in the world.
The majority of Gates’s fortune is derived from Cascade Investment, a holding company that was created with the proceeds of Microsoft stock sales and dividends.
Gates was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 1975, he and Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It became the world’s largest personal computer software company.
Bill Gates portfolio
He has about 1.3% of Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, according to the company’s 2019 proxy filing. He stepped down as a director of Microsoft in March 2020 and his stake is not disclosed in subsequent proxy statements.
Shares held by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable enterprise that supports poverty eradication, medical research and education initiatives, aren’t included in his net worth calculation.
| Ticker | Company | % Portfolio | Number of Shares | Value ($1000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | 50.87% | 43,686,679 | 12,141,402 |
| WM | Waste Management Inc. | 10.94% | 18,633,672 | 2,610,764 |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc. | 9.26% | 10,156,756 | 2,210,415 |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co. | 6.15% | 13,907,283 | 1,467,747 |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | 4.49% | 7,600,706 | 1,071,852 |
| CCI | Crown Castle International Corp. | 4.16% | 5,086,680 | 992,411 |
| ECL | Ecolab Inc. | 3.77% | 4,366,427 | 899,353 |
| UPS | United Parcel Service Inc. | 2.44% | 2,801,790 | 582,688 |
| SDGR | Schrodinger Inc. | 2.21% | 6,981,664 | 527,884 |
| FDX | FedEx Corp. | 1.87% | 1,493,712 | 445,619 |
| KOF | Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV | 1.38% | 6,214,719 | 328,945 |
| TV | Grupo Televisa SAB | 1.01% | 16,879,104 | 241,034 |
| CPNG | Coupang Inc. | 1.00% | 5,714,285 | 238,971 |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 0.23% | 21,491 | 53,863 |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | 0.22% | 21,554 | 52,630 |
| – – – | Asset Under Management | 100.00% | 143,566,522 | 23,865,578 |
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