Exited position

Bill Gates’s Norfolk Southn Corp (NSC) 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 reportedQ4 2006Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusExited positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares1.00MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported8Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Gates Foundation Trust first reported Norfolk Southn Corp in Q4 2006. The reported position was reduced across later filings. The latest verified relationship event shows that Gates Foundation Trust sold the entire position in Q4 2023, 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.

Q4 2023
Sold the entire position−11.70K shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q3 2023
New position+11.70K shares · 11.70K shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $196.93 · Estimated holding basis $196.93

Q4 2008
Sold the entire position−800.00K shares · No shares reported at quarter-end
Q4 2007
Sold 20.0% of the position−200.00K shares · 800.00K shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $50.44 · Estimated holding basis $52.57

Q3 2007
New position+1.00M shares · 1.00M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $51.91 · Estimated holding basis $52.57

3 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important was Norfolk Southn Corp 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 weight0.0%Q3 2023
Last reported rank#55of 74 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight0.9%Q4 2006
Best historical rank#26Q4 2006
At peak importanceQ4 2006
NSC
0.9%
Largest holding
31.1%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Norfolk Southn Corp?

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

Daniel LoebThird Point LLC
NSC4.1% of reported portfolio
Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
NSC0.1% 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$314.162026-09-18

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.