Gates Foundation Trust 13F, Q1 2024

Bill Gates · quarter ending 31 March 2024 · filed 15 May 2024 · SEC CIK 1166559

$45.86B
Filed US book
24
Positions
33.5%
Largest position

Common stock only: shares the fund reported owning at the quarter end, valued as filed.

Largest positions, Q1 2024

Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q4 2023 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q4 2023
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$15.36B33.5%-5% shares
WASTE MGMT INC DELWM$7.51B16.4%unchanged
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/B$7.28B15.9%-13% shares
CANADIAN NATL RY COCNI$7.22B15.8%unchanged
CATERPILLAR INCCAT$2.69B5.9%unchanged
DEERE & CODE$1.46B3.2%unchanged
ECOLAB INCECL$1.20B2.6%unchanged
COCA-COLA FEMSA SAB DE CVKOF$604.07M1.3%unchanged
WALMART INCWMT$546.97M1.2%+200% shares
FEDEX CORPFDX$444.57M1.0%unchanged
WASTE CONNECTIONS INCWCN$369.68M0.8%unchanged
SCHRODINGER INCSDGR$188.50M0.4%unchanged
COUPANG INCCPNG$164.52M0.4%unchanged
CROWN CASTLE INCCCI$150.29M0.3%unchanged
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCUPS$112.23M0.2%unchanged
MADISON SQUARE GRDN SPRT CORMSGS$109.31M0.2%unchanged
ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NVBUD$103.51M0.2%unchanged
KRAFT HEINZ COKHC$96.77M0.2%unchanged
DANAHER CORPORATIONDHR$93.15M0.2%unchanged
HORMEL FOODS CORPHRL$76.59M0.2%unchanged
CARVANA COCVNA$45.71M0.1%unchanged
ON HLDG AG$17.69M0.0%unchanged
VERALTO CORPVLTO$11.02M0.0%unchanged
VROOM INC$419.7K0.0%new

What changed since Q4 2023

Against the Q4 2023 filing, Gates Foundation Trust opened 1 new position, added to 1, trimmed 2, left 20 unchanged and exited 1. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

  • VROOM INC$419.7K

Exited

  • VROOM INCwas $1.51M

Added to

  • WMT+200%$546.97M

Trimmed

  • MSFT-5%$15.36B
  • BRK/B-13%$7.28B

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001104659-24-061949, filed by GATES FOUNDATION TRUST. Values are as filed and cover US-listed positions only; a 13F does not show short positions or holdings outside the US. A 13F may be filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends, so the fund may have traded since. Educational information, not financial advice.