Gates Foundation Trust 13F, Q3 2025

Bill Gates · quarter ending 30 September 2025 · filed 14 November 2025 · SEC CIK 1166559

$36.58B
Filed US book
23
Positions
29.9%
Largest position

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

Largest positions, Q3 2025

Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q2 2025 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q2 2025
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/B$10.94B29.9%-10% shares
WASTE MGMT INC DELWM$6.39B17.5%-10% shares
CANADIAN NATL RY COCNI$4.89B13.4%-6% shares
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$4.76B13.0%-65% shares
CATERPILLAR INCCAT$3.03B8.3%-14% shares
DEERE & CODE$1.63B4.5%unchanged
ECOLAB INCECL$1.43B3.9%unchanged
WALMART INCWMT$864.72M2.4%-8% shares
FEDEX CORPFDX$562.26M1.5%-6% shares
COCA-COLA FEMSA SAB DE CVKOF$516.44M1.4%unchanged
WASTE CONNECTIONS INCWCN$358.49M1.0%-5% shares
COUPANG INCCPNG$297.79M0.8%unchanged
SCHRODINGER INCSDGR$140.05M0.4%unchanged
MADISON SQUARE GRDN SPRT CORMSGS$134.48M0.4%unchanged
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SVSC INCWST$116.61M0.3%unchanged
MCDONALDS CORPMCD$101.77M0.3%unchanged
ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NVBUD$101.52M0.3%unchanged
PACCAR INCPCAR$98.32M0.3%unchanged
DANAHER CORPORATIONDHR$73.95M0.2%unchanged
KRAFT HEINZ COKHC$64.39M0.2%-6% shares
HORMEL FOODS CORPHRL$51.59M0.1%-5% shares
ON HLDG AG$21.18M0.1%unchanged
VERALTO CORPVLTO$13.26M0.0%unchanged

What changed since Q2 2025

Against the Q2 2025 filing, Gates Foundation Trust opened 0 new positions, added to 0, trimmed 10, left 13 unchanged and exited 2. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

No new positions this quarter.

Exited

Added to

No position was increased by more than 2%.

Trimmed

  • BRK/B-10%$10.94B
  • WM-10%$6.39B
  • CNI-6%$4.89B
  • MSFT-65%$4.76B
  • CAT-14%$3.03B
  • WMT-8%$864.72M
  • FDX-6%$562.26M
  • WCN-5%$358.49M

and 2 more

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001104659-25-112544, 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.