Bill Gates’ Latest Portfolio: Top 5 Stock Picks

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1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A)

Bill Gates’ Stake Value: $10,072,317,000

Percentage of Bill Gates’ 13F Portfolio: 43.84%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 108

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) is the largest stock in Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s Q4 portfolio, with the hedge fund owning 33.6 million shares of the company, worth more than $10 billion. Although Bill Gates’ fund decreased its position in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) by 13% in Q4, the stock still represents 43.84% of the total investments. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) is a multinational conglomerate known for its diversified interests in insurance, investments, utilities, and consumer products. 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) on February 26 reported its fourth quarter results, announcing earnings per share of $3.27, topping market estimates by $0.31. Revenue for the period jumped 11.52% year-over-year to $71.80 billion, surpassing Street consensus by $2.88 billion. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) repurchased $6.9 billion of its shares in Q4 2021, and total costs and expenses in 2022 increased 5.5% to $243.9 billion, owing to supply chain constraints across its subsidiaries. 

The Q4 database of Insider Monkey reported that 108 hedge funds were bullish on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A), up from 106 funds in the prior quarter. Tom Russo’s Gardner Russo & Gardner is a prominent shareholder of the company, with a $1.3 billion stake. 

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