Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust is an investment fund managing more than $45.9 trillion ran by Michael Larson. There are currently 24 companies in Mr. Larson’s portfolio. The largest investments include Microsoft and Waste Mgmt Inc Del, together worth $22.9 trillion.
As of 8th May 2024, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s top holding is 36,499,597 shares of Microsoft currently worth over $15.4 trillion and making up 33.5% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 35,234,344 shares of Waste Mgmt Inc Del worth $7.51 trillion.
The third-largest holding is Berkshire Hathaway worth $7.28 trillion and the next is Canadian Natl Ry Co worth $7.22 trillion, with 54,826,786 shares owned.
Currently, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust's portfolio is worth at least $45.9 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash
assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust office and employees reside in Kirkland, Washington. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Michael Larson serves as the Authorized Agent at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
In the most recent 13F filing, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust revealed that it had opened a new position in
Veralto Corp and bought 124,333 shares worth $11 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Walmart Inc by buying
6,060,318 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Walmart Inc total 9,090,477 shares worth $547 billion.
Walmart Inc dropped 60.6% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust closed its position in Apple Inc on 15th May 2024.
It sold the previously owned 52,815 shares for $9.04 billion.
Michael Larson also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $15.4 trillion and 36,499,597 shares.
The two most similar investment funds to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust are Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.v and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. They manage $46 trillion and $45.4 trillion respectively.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 33.5% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
62.5% of the portfolio companies
are based in the United States.
The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks.
Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up
63% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $218 billion.
These positions were updated on May 15th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.
| Security | Shares Owned | Value | Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation |
7.09%
36,499,597
|
$15,356,110,450,000 | 33.49% |
| Waste Mgmt Inc Del |
No change
35,234,344
|
$7,510,200,424,000 | 16.38% |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
23.20%
17,303,097
|
$7,276,298,350,000 | 15.87% |
| Canadian Natl Ry Co |
No change
54,826,786
|
$7,221,235,984,000 | 15.75% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
No change
7,353,614
|
$2,694,584,778,000 | 5.88% |
| Deere & Co. |
9.20%
3,557,378
|
$1,461,157,440,000 | 3.19% |
| Ecolab, Inc. |
No change
5,218,044
|
$1,204,846,360,000 | 2.63% |
| Coca-cola Femsa Sab De Cv |
No change
6,214,719
|
$604,070,687,000 | 1.32% |
| Walmart Inc |
200.00%
9,090,477
|
$546,974,001,000 | 1.19% |
| Fedex Corp |
No change
1,534,362
|
$444,566,046,000 | 0.97% |
| Waste Connections Inc |
No change
2,149,175
|
$369,679,592,000 | 0.81% |
| Schrodinger, Inc. |
No change
6,981,664
|
$188,504,928,000 | 0.41% |
| Coupang, Inc. |
No change
9,248,045
|
$164,522,721,000 | 0.36% |
| Crown Castle Inc |
No change
1,420,072
|
$150,286,220,000 | 0.33% |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. |
No change
755,089
|
$112,228,878,000 | 0.24% |
| Madison Square Grdn Sprt Cor |
No change
592,406
|
$109,310,755,000 | 0.24% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV |
No change
1,703,000
|
$103,508,340,000 | 0.23% |
| Kraft Heinz Co |
No change
2,622,600
|
$96,773,940,000 | 0.21% |
| Danaher Corp. |
No change
373,000
|
$93,145,560,000 | 0.20% |
| Hormel Foods Corp. |
No change
2,195,290
|
$76,593,668,000 | 0.17% |
| Carvana Co. |
No change
520,000
|
$45,713,200,000 | 0.10% |
| On Hldg Ag |
No change
500,000
|
$17,690,000,000 | 0.04% |
| Veralto Corp |
Opened
124,333
|
$11,023,364,000 | 0.02% |
| Apple Inc |
Closed
52,815
|
$9,042,456,000 | |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
Closed
27,035
|
$8,116,177,000 | |
| Ishares Tr |
Closed
57,600
|
$6,043,392,000 | |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
Closed
44,000
|
$5,593,280,000 | |
| Eaton Corp Plc |
Closed
26,100
|
$5,566,608,000 | |
| Broadcom Inc. |
Closed
6,500
|
$5,398,770,000 | |
| Booking Holdings Inc |
Closed
1,650
|
$5,088,518,000 | |
| Alphabet Inc |
Closed
38,400
|
$5,025,024,000 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
Closed
29,600
|
$4,292,592,000 | |
| Oracle Corp. |
Closed
39,800
|
$4,215,616,000 | |
| Ameriprise Finl Inc |
Closed
12,400
|
$4,088,032,000 | |
| NVIDIA Corp |
Closed
9,165
|
$3,986,683,000 | |
| Select Sector Spdr Tr |
Closed
49,800
|
$5,738,154,000 | |
| Pulte Group Inc |
Closed
53,500
|
$3,961,675,000 | |
| Tjx Cos Inc New |
Closed
42,500
|
$3,777,400,000 | |
| Elevance Health Inc |
Closed
8,500
|
$3,701,070,000 | |
| Chevron Corp. |
Closed
21,500
|
$3,625,330,000 | |
| Unilever plc |
Closed
72,610
|
$3,586,934,000 | |
| Procter And Gamble Co |
Closed
22,975
|
$3,351,134,000 | |
| Cisco Sys Inc |
Closed
62,000
|
$3,333,120,000 | |
| Trane Technologies plc |
Closed
15,900
|
$3,226,269,000 | |
| Visa Inc |
Closed
14,000
|
$3,220,140,000 | |
| Applied Matls Inc |
Closed
22,800
|
$3,156,660,000 | |
| AMGEN Inc. |
Closed
11,050
|
$2,969,798,000 | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
Closed
5,675
|
$2,872,515,000 | |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
Closed
5,665
|
$2,856,236,000 | |
| Vroom Inc. |
Closed
2,500,000
|
$2,800,000,000 | |
| Adobe Inc |
Closed
5,485
|
$2,796,802,000 | |
| Schlumberger Ltd |
Closed
47,005
|
$2,740,392,000 | |
| TotalEnergies SE |
Closed
38,500
|
$2,531,760,000 | |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
Closed
5,900
|
$2,412,864,000 | |
| Johnson & Johnson |
Closed
14,945
|
$2,327,684,000 | |
| Norfolk Southn Corp |
Closed
11,700
|
$2,304,081,000 | |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
Closed
7,060
|
$2,284,404,000 | |
| Morgan Stanley |
Closed
27,880
|
$2,276,960,000 | |
| CVS Health Corp |
Closed
32,500
|
$2,269,150,000 | |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Closed
68,000
|
$2,255,560,000 | |
| Pnc Finl Svcs Group Inc |
Closed
17,400
|
$2,136,198,000 | |
| Chubb Limited |
Closed
10,250
|
$2,133,845,000 | |
| Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii |
Closed
50,270
|
$2,014,319,000 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. |
Closed
17,000
|
$1,998,860,000 | |
| Eastman Chem Co |
Closed
25,000
|
$1,918,000,000 | |
| Lowes Cos Inc |
Closed
8,983
|
$1,867,027,000 | |
| Alphabet Inc |
Closed
14,000
|
$1,845,900,000 | |
| Merck & Co Inc |
Closed
17,740
|
$1,826,333,000 | |
| American Tower Corp. |
Closed
11,000
|
$1,808,950,000 | |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
Closed
5,692
|
$1,719,895,000 | |
| Target Corp |
Closed
15,200
|
$1,680,664,000 | |
| Pepsico Inc |
Closed
9,700
|
$1,643,568,000 | |
| RTX Corp |
Closed
20,200
|
$1,453,794,000 | |
| Disney Walt Co |
Closed
16,800
|
$1,361,640,000 | |
| Vroom Inc. |
Opened
31,250
|
$419,688,000 | 0.00% |
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