Bill Gates’ Most Recent Portfolio: Top 5 Stock Picks

In this piece, we will look at the top five stock picks in Bill Gates’ most recent portfolio. For more stocks, head on over to Bill Gates’ Most Recent Portfolio: Top 15 Stock Picks.

5. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Q1 2023 Stake: $1.68 billion

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) is a construction equipment company headquartered in Irving, Texas. The firm is one of the largest companies in the world that makes this kind of equipment and was set up in 1925.

After digging through 943 hedge fund portfolios for last year’s fourth quarter, Insider Monkey found out that 50 had held a stake in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). The firm’s largest shareholder in Q1 2023 was Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management which owns 7.5 million shares that are worth $1.7 billion.

4. Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Q1 2023 Stake: $5.7 billion

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) is an American firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm collects and transports waste and materials and transports it to its own facilities. These include landfills capable of handling hazardous and non hazardous materials.

44 of the 943 hedge funds part of Insider Monkey’s Q4 2022 database had bought the firm’s shares. Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM)’s second largest shareholder is Ian Simm’s Impax Asset Management since it owns 2.5 million shares that are worth $421 million.

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

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Q1 2023 Stake: $6 billion

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) is one of the largest investment holding and financial firms in the world. It has a variety of investments in a diverse set of industries ranging from retail, to finance, banking, construction, energy, and technology. Its owners and managers, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are gurus in the world of investment.

As of December 2022, 110 of the 943 hedge funds surveyed by Insider Monkey had invested in the investor of investors. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A)’s largest hedge fund shareholder after the Gates Foundation is Phill Gross and Robert Atchinson’s Adage Capital Management with a $550 million stake.

2. Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Q1 2023 Stake: $6.4 billion

Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) is a railroads company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. It provides rail transportation and trucking services.

Insider Monkey’s fourth quarter of 2022 survey revealed that 41 had bought Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI)’s shares. The firm’s second largest Q1 2023 investor is Chris Hohn’s TCI Fund Management with a $4.3 billion investment.

1. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Q1 2023 Stake: $11 billion

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the largest technology companies in the world. It is based in Redmond, Washington.

259 of the 943 hedge funds part of Insider Monkey’s Q4 2022 database had held a stake in the company. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s largest shareholder after the Gates Foundation is Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management with a $7 billion stake.

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