This site was created with the notion that, if you believe in Warren Buffett's continued success in picking stocks, then you will like to see the stock picks of his favorite charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to which he has pledged $1.5 billion per year...  Enjoy!
 
   
   
   
   
     
 
 
 

THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO
- CURRENT LIST OF STOCKS

 
 

Last updated: 

15 stock positions - currently held as of the Third Quarter, 2007
Total Value:  Approx. $7.5 billion ($3.9 billion (52%) of which is in BRK-B shares)
(see list of all stocks and further detail below)...

LIST OF STOCKS IN THEIR PORTFOLIO

Company Ticker # of Shares Recent Value % of total
$ value
Change vs. previous quarter
Abbott Laboratories ABT 3.5M $ 186.1M 2.5 % No change.
BP plc BP 4.6M $ 321.3M 4.3 % No change.
Berkshire Hathaway Holdings - Class B BRK-B 975,000 $ 3.9B 52.0 % + 475,000 shares
Caterpillar Inc. CAT 2.1M $ 167.8M 2.2 % + 150,000 shares
Crown Castle International Corp. CCI 5.0M $ 203.2M 2.7 % No change.
Canadian National Railway Company CNI 5.9M $ 336.7M 4.5 % + 100,000 shares
Costco Wholesale Corp. COST 4.9M $ 299.4M 4.0 % No change.
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 2.5M $ 165.2M 2.2 % + 1.5M shares
Coca-Cola FEMSA S.A.B de CV KOF 3.7M $ 158.9M 2.1 % + 423,100 shares
Merck & Co. Inc. MRK 8.1M $ 416.6M 5.6 % + 1.7M shares
Schering-Plough Corp. SGP 15.0M $ 473.1M 6.3 % + 3.9M shares
Grupo Televisa SA TV 6.0M $ 145.0M 1.9 % + 50,000 shares
Waste Management, Inc. WMI 6.3M $ 238.5M 3.2 % No change.
Wyeth WYE 3.7M $ 166.3M 2.2 % No change.
Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM 3.5M $ 327.2M 4.4 % No change.

TOTALS:

  75,775 $7.5 billion

100.0 %

 
 

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We believe that, if Warren Buffett is involved, then it is logical and likely that he is assisting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with their investment decisions to best grow their endowment for the beneficiaries of the foundation.  Here are their stock picks.
 

   
 
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