Gates Foundation Trust 13F, Q3 2024

Bill Gates · quarter ending 30 September 2024 · filed 14 November 2024 · SEC CIK 1166559

$45.09B
Filed US book
24
Positions
27.6%
Largest position

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

Largest positions, Q3 2024

Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q2 2024 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q2 2024
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$12.46B27.6%-17% shares
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/B$10.19B22.6%-10% shares
WASTE MGMT INC DELWM$6.69B14.8%-9% shares
CANADIAN NATL RY COCNI$6.42B14.3%unchanged
CATERPILLAR INCCAT$2.88B6.4%unchanged
DEERE & CODE$1.48B3.3%unchanged
ECOLAB INCECL$1.33B3.0%unchanged
WALMART INCWMT$734.06M1.6%unchanged
FEDEX CORPFDX$693.60M1.5%+65% shares
COCA-COLA FEMSA SAB DE CVKOF$551.37M1.2%unchanged
WASTE CONNECTIONS INCWCN$384.32M0.8%unchanged
COUPANG INCCPNG$227.04M0.5%unchanged
CROWN CASTLE INCCCI$168.46M0.4%unchanged
SCHRODINGER INCSDGR$129.51M0.3%unchanged
MADISON SQUARE GRDN SPRT CORMSGS$123.37M0.3%unchanged
ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NVBUD$112.89M0.3%unchanged
DANAHER CORPORATIONDHR$103.70M0.2%unchanged
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCUPS$102.95M0.2%unchanged
PACCAR INCPCAR$98.68M0.2%new
KRAFT HEINZ COKHC$92.08M0.2%unchanged
HORMEL FOODS CORPHRL$69.59M0.1%unchanged
ON HLDG AG$25.07M0.1%unchanged
VERALTO CORPVLTO$13.91M0.0%unchanged
VROOM INC$292.8K0.0%unchanged

What changed since Q2 2024

Against the Q2 2024 filing, Gates Foundation Trust opened 1 new position, added to 1, trimmed 3, left 19 unchanged and exited 0. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

Exited

Nothing from the previous filing was sold outright.

Added to

  • FDX+65%$693.60M

Trimmed

  • MSFT-17%$12.46B
  • BRK/B-10%$10.19B
  • WM-9%$6.69B

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001104659-24-119000, 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.