Bill Gates
Chief Executive Officer at Cascade Investment LLC
Net worth: 44 051 M $ as of 2024-11-29
Profile
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born 28 October 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.
He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2014—excluding a few brief periods post-2008. Between 2009 and 2014 his wealth more than doubled from $40 billion to more than $82 billion. Between 2013 and 2014 his wealth increased by $15 billion, or around $1.5 billion more than the entire GDP of Iceland in 2014.
During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, he was also the largest individual shareholder up until May 2014. Refn | group = "lower-alpha" | Gates regularly documents his share ownership through public U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission form 4 filings. His father was a prominent lawyer, and his mother served on the board of directors for First Interstate BancSystem and the United Way. Gates's maternal grandfather was JW Maxwell, a national bank president. Gates has one elder sister, Kristi (Kristianne), and one younger sister, Libby. He was the fourth of his name in his family, but was known as William Gates III or "Trey" because his father had the "II" suffix.Sfn |Manes | 1994 |p= 15 Early on in his life, Gates's parents had a law career in mind for him.Sfn |Manes|1994|p = 47 When Gates was young, his family regularly attended a Congregational church. The family encouraged competition; one visitor reported that "it didn't matter whether it was hearts or pickleball or swimming to the dock ... there was always a reward for winning and there was always a penalty for losing".
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Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION
1.39% | 2024-09-12 | 102,992,934 ( 1.39% ) | 43 613 M $ | 2024-11-29 |
HEINEKEN HOLDING N.V.
2.31% | 2023-12-30 | 6,652,318 ( 2.31% ) | 422 M $ | 2024-11-29 |
TAIWAN FUND INC
5.28% | 2023-12-30 | 380,937 ( 5.28% ) | 16 M $ | 2024-11-29 |
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Bill Gates active positions
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Financial ConglomeratesFinance The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Chairman | 1999-12-31 |
Cascade Investment LLC
Cascade Investment LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Cascade Investment LLC is the private investment holding company of the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Founded in 1995, the firm manages the personal assets of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, as well as the assets of his philanthropic foundations. Cascade Investment is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. | Chief Executive Officer | 1994-12-31 |
Branded Entertainment Network, Inc.
Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. provides photography and art images through the internet. The firm's services include digital image licensing, artist representation, and media management. It has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo. The company was founded by William Henry Gates III in 1989 and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA. | Founder | 1988-12-31 |
TerraPower LLC
TerraPower LLC Electric UtilitiesUtilities TerraPower LLC provides nuclear energy technologies. It focuses on improving the design of nuclear reactors and is developing a new class of nuclear reactor called a Traveling-Wave Reactor. The company was founded by William Henry Gates III and Nathan P. Myhrvold in 2008 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Founder | 2005-12-31 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) (Foundation Trust-IM) is the investment management division of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, a private philanthropic foundation headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates in 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation (established in 1994), which focused on improving global health. Foundation Trust-IM manages the endowment assets. The Foundation Trust participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The Foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. | Founder | 1999-12-31 |
Corbis Images LLC
Corbis Images LLC Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Corbis Images LLC provides candid celebrity photography and video content to entertainment print, online, and broadcast media outlets. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Chairman | - |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman. | Founder | 1999-12-31 |
Former positions of Bill Gates
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Chief Executive Officer | 1999-12-31 |
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-03-12 |
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Technology Services |
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | Finance |
Private companies | 12 |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Financial ConglomeratesFinance The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | Finance |
Cascade Investment LLC
Cascade Investment LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Cascade Investment LLC is the private investment holding company of the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Founded in 1995, the firm manages the personal assets of Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, as well as the assets of his philanthropic foundations. Cascade Investment is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. | Finance |
Branded Entertainment Network, Inc.
Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Branded Entertainment Network, Inc. provides photography and art images through the internet. The firm's services include digital image licensing, artist representation, and media management. It has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo. The company was founded by William Henry Gates III in 1989 and is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA. | Commercial Services |
ICOS Corp.
ICOS Corp. Pharmaceuticals: OtherHealth Technology ICOS Corp. manufactures medications to treat inflammation and other serious diseases. It focuses on the development of treatments for unmet medical conditions such as prostatic hyperplasia, hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, cancer, and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 1989 by Christopher Henney and George Rathman and is headquartered in Bothell, WA. | Health Technology |
TerraPower LLC
TerraPower LLC Electric UtilitiesUtilities TerraPower LLC provides nuclear energy technologies. It focuses on improving the design of nuclear reactors and is developing a new class of nuclear reactor called a Traveling-Wave Reactor. The company was founded by William Henry Gates III and Nathan P. Myhrvold in 2008 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Utilities |
Kymeta Corp.
Kymeta Corp. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Kymeta Corp. engages in the development of broadband satellite connectivity solutions. Its products include portable satellite terminal, aeronautical terminal, fixed satellite terminal, and mTenna core module. The company was founded in by Nathan B. Kundtz in 2012 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Electronic Technology |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management) (Foundation Trust-IM) is the investment management division of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, a private philanthropic foundation headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates in 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation (established in 1994), which focused on improving global health. Foundation Trust-IM manages the endowment assets. The Foundation Trust participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The Foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. | Miscellaneous |
Corbis Images LLC
Corbis Images LLC Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Corbis Images LLC provides candid celebrity photography and video content to entertainment print, online, and broadcast media outlets. The company is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Shop.com
Shop.com Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Shop.com provides online shopping services. Its services include ShopBuddy and local, price alerts, get email deals, market America gear, developer portal and ship internationally. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA. | Retail Trade |
United Way Worldwide
United Way Worldwide Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous United Way Worldwide is a non-profit organization, which engages in raising money for charitable causes. It focuses on education, health, and financial stability. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA. | Miscellaneous |
Breakthrough Energy LLC
Breakthrough Energy LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Breakthrough Energy LLC develops analytical tools for clean energy. The private company is based in Kirkland, WA and has subsidiaries in Luxembourg and United States. The company was founded in 2015 by William H. Gates. | Finance |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman. | Commercial Services |
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