The billion-dollar Gates Foundation, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates, manages its assets in a trust. These developments occurred in the third quarter at the Gates Foundation Trust.
Institutional investors with assets under management of more than $100 million are required to disclose their holdings quarterly to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is done via the so-called 13F form, which is also publicly available after submission.
The Gates Foundation Trust also falls under this regulation. With assets under management of around $36.58 billion in the third quarter of 2025 (previous quarter: $47.78 billion), it is one of the largest private foundations in the world and is therefore required to file Form 13F with the SEC. The one from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates The foundation, founded by his then wife Melinda, aims to improve healthcare globally and expand educational opportunities.
In the third quarter, most of the portfolio’s top positions were reduced. Particularly striking: around two thirds of Microsoft shares, and thus the company founded by Bill Gates, were sold. The following ranking presents the trust’s ten largest positions, weighted according to their percentage share of the total portfolio.
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