Posted on 05/03/2021 6:09:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Though the pair in a statement assured the public that they will continue to work together at their foundation despite ending their marriage, the news about the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) founder and his partner of 27 years may send shockwaves across their projects.
In the latest 13F filing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust for the period ended 12/31/20, top holdings by value in descending order included Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), Waste Management (NYSE:WM), Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Canadian National (NYSE:CNI), Walmart (NYSE:WMT), EcoLab (NYSE:ECL), Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI), Fedex (NYSE:FDX) and UPS (NYSE:UPS).
Two stocks in which the foundation has a large stake (more than 10% of shares outstanding) included Schrodinger (NASDAQ:SDGR) and Coca-Cola Femsa (NYSE:KOF).
Most of the other holdings were below $1 billion in market value and their ownership consisted of less than 3% of shares outstanding in the associated stock. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in their latest quarterly filing, disclosed ownership stakes in Amyris (NASDAQ:AMRS), Vir Biotech (NASDAQ:VIR), BionTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), Curevac (NASDAQ:CVAC)and Atreca (NASDAQ:BCEL).
Our readers may recall when the world's richest person, Jeff Bezos, and his partner Mackenzie Scott called it quits two years ago. This is how their wealth ended up split between them:
MacKenzie Bezos says she will give ex-husband Jeff Bezos 75% of the couple's Amazon (AMZN) stock and voting control of her shares as part of the process of dissolving their marriage.
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You may not want to know how he knows
The thing I found interesting about this story was their ownership of large numbers of “Canadian National” shares.
I wonder what came with that. Canadian National is a short name for Canadian National Railways, a company which was one of two large monopolistic Canadian railroad companies, but nowadays probably makes a lot of its money from the trans-shipment of containers from ports to the interior, not just in Canada but across parts of the northern U.S.
Two partners in that of course, Canadian government and Chinese government.
Just sayin ... this might be the only actual “news” buried in this otherwise uninteresting story. Although I didn’t look very carefully at the other holdings which might have their own stories to tell.
This thread is about their stock investments, but not one poster thus far seems interested in that.
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Waste Management.
I noticed them first.
I am tempted to look up their stock history, they might survive, considering the history of trash collecting.
Bill Gates is a thief...I use Chrome...and Linux
Dr. Evil and his “stepford wife” getting divorced? Can’t be. I guess the pictures of Dr. Evil with Jeffrey Epstein were a problem....
“He’s gay you do know that don’t you?”
May well be, but from the photo I just saw on the Conservative Momma twitter site Melinda might be going by the name of Mike these days. Bring on the Austin Powers memes
“research Aspergers.
Look no further than Scoldilocks > Greta Von Whack Job
She had finally had it with all the computer crap he was buying.
His needle dick was real on so many levels
Yup,my nephew’s a lot like her too...minus the self righteous anger.
If Bill Gates is having an affair, its with an advanced AI humanoid sex robot.
Who gets the Lego stock and the Star Wars action figure collection?
I'll simply say this: as someone who divorced five years ago and am glad the bish is gone, trading up is worth it. Just sayin'...
There's a reason he named the company "Microsoft" ... if you know what I'm sayin' (and I think you do!)
Just divide a bazillion by two and write her a check.
And CN is looking at KCS Railroad, which could be the first Mexican, American and Canadian railroad...
She’s manly.... know that too! Really woof woof. Gates bought himself a bow wow. If they just stayed out of world government and horse hockey— they could do whatever they want— but nooooo. Got to screw with people. Microsoft a very crappy lifetime marketing of forced use and upgrades.
Met the guy who hired gates and allen first job writing code for his firm. Went on to be a family doctor— a lifetime dream. He said he got ripped off when he sold them the operating system-— just like the idiots at ibm (money is in the box). This guy invented the personal computer... then went to medical school. Died in Macon, and both gates and allen showed up at his ICU room.... at least to thank him for thinking for them and selling it.
Don’t us Chrome, Google knows every otero you type of you use that. Use Brave.
I’ll be dust before I really give crap!
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