Current position

Bill Gates’s Ecolab Inc (ECL) 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 reportedQ3 2010Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusCurrent positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares5.22MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported60Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Gates Foundation Trust first reported Ecolab Inc in Q3 2010. After an earlier exit, the position later appeared again in a verified filing. The reported position was increased across later filings. Gates Foundation Trust currently reports 5.22M shares. The latest verified filing showed: No change.

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 2026
No change5.22M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $278.61 · Estimated holding basis $77.88

Q4 2022
Bought 7.2% more+351.62K shares · 5.22M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $145.56 · Estimated holding basis $77.88

Q3 2022
Bought 11.5% more+500.00K shares · 4.87M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $144.42 · Estimated holding basis $72.99

Q2 2021
Bought 0.00002% more+1 shares · 4.37M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $205.97 · Estimated holding basis $64.81

Q1 2016
Bought 0.00002% more+1 shares · 4.37M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $111.52 · Estimated holding basis $64.81

Q3 2012
New position+4.37M shares · 4.37M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $64.81 · Estimated holding basis $64.81

51 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important is Ecolab Inc in Gates Foundation Trust’s reported portfolio?

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

Current portfolio weight4.2%Q2 2026
Current rank#6of 24 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight4.9%Q2 2020
Best historical rank#5Q4 2021
At peak importanceQ2 2020
ECL
4.9%
Largest holding
39.9%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Ecolab Inc?

Also reported by 1 other tracked investor in their latest verified filings.

Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
ECL0.1% 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$269.462026-09-18

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest filing quarter-end price$278.61Q2 2026

Derived from validated reported value and shares where supported.

Estimated holding basis$77.88Historical reference — not actual purchase price

Calculated from supported filing history.

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.