Exited position

Bill Gates’s Microsoft (MSFT) 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 reportedQ2 2017Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares64.00MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported26Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Gates Foundation Trust first reported Microsoft in Q2 2017. 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 Q1 2026, 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.

Q1 2026
Sold the entire position−7.69M shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q4 2025
Sold 16.3% of the position−1.50M shares · 7.69M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $483.62 · Estimated holding basis $234.12

Q3 2025
Sold 64.9% of the position−17.00M shares · 9.19M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $517.95 · Estimated holding basis $234.12

Q2 2025
Sold 8.0% of the position−2.27M shares · 26.19M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $497.41 · Estimated holding basis $234.12

Q4 2024
Sold 1.7% of the position−500.00K shares · 28.46M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $421.50 · Estimated holding basis $234.12

Q3 2024
Sold 17.0% of the position−5.93M shares · 28.96M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $430.30 · Estimated holding basis $234.12

5 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important was Microsoft 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 weight10.5%Q4 2025
Last reported rank#4of 23 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight34.0%Q4 2023
Best historical rank#1Q3 2022
At peak importanceQ4 2023
MSFT
34.0%
Largest holding
34.0%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Microsoft?

Also reported by 9 other tracked investors in their latest verified filings.

Bill AckmanPershing Square Capital Management
MSFT11.9% of reported portfolio
Terry SmithFundsmith LLP
MSFT4.4% of reported portfolio
Chase ColemanTiger Global Management LLC
MSFT3.5% 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$493.782026-09-18

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.