Current position

Bill Gates’s Waste Mgmt Inc Del (WM) 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 2003Earliest verified positive filing snapshot
Latest statusCurrent positionBased on the latest supported relationship state
Peak shares35.23MHighest verified quarter-end share count
Quarters reported75Verified quarters with shares above zero
What happened?

Gates Foundation Trust first reported Waste Mgmt Inc Del in Q4 2003. After an earlier exit, the position later appeared again in a verified filing. The reported position was increased and reduced across later filings. Gates Foundation Trust currently reports 26.72M shares. The latest verified filing showed: Sold 3.3% of the position.

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
Sold 3.3% of the position−921.60K shares · 26.72M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $222.88 · Estimated holding basis $92.45

Q1 2026
Sold 4.5% of the position−1.29M shares · 27.64M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $229.79 · Estimated holding basis $92.45

Q3 2025
Sold 10.2% of the position−3.30M shares · 28.93M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $220.83 · Estimated holding basis $92.45

Q3 2024
Sold 8.5% of the position−3.00M shares · 32.23M shares remained
Filing context

Quarter-end price $207.60 · Estimated holding basis $92.45

Q3 2022
Bought 89.1% more+16.60M shares · 35.23M shares reported after the change
Filing context

Quarter-end price $160.21 · Estimated holding basis $92.45

Q3 2012
New position+18.63M shares · 18.63M shares reported
Filing context

Quarter-end price $32.08 · Estimated holding basis $32.08

56 unchanged quarters are collapsed by default.

Portfolio importance

How important is Waste Mgmt Inc Del 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 weight17.3%Q2 2026
Current rank#4of 24 reported positions
Peak portfolio weight20.1%Q1 2026
Best historical rank#2Q3 2009
At peak importanceQ1 2026
WM
20.1%
Largest holding
25.8%
Cross-investor discovery

Who else owns Waste Mgmt Inc Del?

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

Joel GreenblattGotham Asset Management
WM0.0% 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$211.102026-09-18

Market context only; not an investor transaction price.

Latest filing quarter-end price$222.88Q2 2026

Derived from validated reported value and shares where supported.

Estimated holding basis$92.45Historical 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.