Exited position

Bill Gates’s Autonation Inc (AN) position

Reported position history, portfolio importance and verified filing changes from public SEC disclosures.

Gates Foundation TrustVerified through Q2 2026
Relationship snapshot

At a glance

The full verified relationship, including prior ownership episodes and exits where supported.

First reportedQ1 2008Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares10.79MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported39Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Gates Foundation Trust first reported Autonation Inc in Q1 2008. The reported position was increased and reduced across later filings. The latest verified relationship event shows that Gates Foundation Trust sold the entire position in Q2 2019, and the stock is no longer reported in the latest verified portfolio.

Verified SEC history

Position over time

See the same verified relationship through reported shares, portfolio weight or reported value.

Metric

Gaps indicate periods that cannot be safely connected or where a verified corporate action changes the raw share scale. Stock price, when available, is market context and not a transaction price.

Key filing events

What changed

Latest filing plus the most meaningful reported changes. Unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Q2 2019
Sold the entire position−1.90M shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q1 2016
Bought 0.0001% more+1 shares · 1.90M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $46.68 · Estimated holding basis $43.67

Q3 2012
New position+1.90M shares · 1.90M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $43.67 · Estimated holding basis $43.67

Q1 2012
Sold the entire position−5.08M shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q4 2011
Sold 52.9% of the position−5.71M shares · 5.08M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $36.87 · Estimated holding basis $36.61

Q3 2011
New position+10.79M shares · 10.79M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $32.78 · Estimated holding basis $36.61

27 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important was Autonation Inc in Gates Foundation Trust’s reported portfolio?

Relative importance is measured only within the verified primary non-option reported portfolio for each quarter.

Last reported portfolio weight0.3%Q1 2019
Last reported rank#14of 18 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight2.6%Q2 2011
Best historical rank#11Q3 2011
At peak importanceQ2 2011
AN
2.6%
Largest holding
41.8%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Autonation Inc?

Also reported by 2 other tracked investors in their latest verified filings.

Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
AN0.1% of reported portfolio
Ray DalioBridgewater Associates, LP
AN0.0% of reported portfolio
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SEC evidence & methodology

SEC filing evidence

Market context and filing-derived values are kept separate from actual transaction prices, which 13F filings do not disclose.

Latest verified stock price$203.612026-09-15

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest verified investor filingQ2 2026 · filed 2026-08-14
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This tracker follows the Gates Foundation Trust’s Form 13F disclosures. It is not Bill Gates’s personal brokerage account, and 13F filings do not reveal exact trade dates or execution prices.