Bill Gates’ Latest Stock Portfolio: Top 5 Picks

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

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s Stake Value: $10 billion

Percentage of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust’s Portfolio: 51%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 104

The number one on the list of Bill Gates’ top stock picks from his latest portfolio is of course, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B). It is a multinational $593-billion-worth conglomerate based in Nebraska. The company has several wholly owned subsidiaries like GEICO and Duracell as well as minority holdings in companies like Apple, American Express and Bank of America.

Berkshire Hathaway is the top stock in Bill Gates’ portfolio and as of 2022, Gates Foundation is an owner of $10 billion worth of equity in the company, making the fund the leading shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway while the total number of hedge funds holding stake in company’s Class-B shares amounts to $19 billion. Berkshire Hathaway Class-B shares are also part of Wells Fargo’s recession portfolio as reported on June 14. 

On April 30, Warren Buffett used the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A, BRK.B) to announce major new investments including a bigger chunk of equity in Activision Blizzard (ATVI), while also railing against Wall Street excess and addressing the risks of inflation and nuclear war to the conglomerate, Reuters’ Carolina Mandl and Jonathan Stempel report. Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway, long faulted for holding too much in cash, boosted its combined holdings in oil company Chevron (CVX) and “Call of Duty” game maker Activision Blizzard nearly six-fold to over $31 billion.

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