What percentage of Microsoft is owned by Bill Gates?

Gates's personal stake in Microsoft, as high as 45% when he took it public in 1986, was down to 1.3% by 2019, according to securities filings, a stake that would currently be worth about $25 billion. Mr. Gates focused on his philanthropy after stepping down as CEO in 2000.
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What percentage of Microsoft Does Bill own?

Bill Gates is worth roughly $133 billion as of Jan. 13, 2021. 1 He earned the bulk of his fortune as CEO, chair, and chief software architect of Microsoft (MSFT). Gates stepped down as chair in 2014, but still owns 1.34% of the company he co-founded.
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Who is the real owner of Microsoft?

Bill Gates cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest personal-computer software company.
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Does Bill Gates have shares in Apple?

2.25% of the 79,000 million dollars in Apple shares belonging to Berkshire Hathaway is owned by Bill and Melinda Gates, which today represents a total of $1.8 billion in Apple holdings. That is, only 0.13% of the total value of Apple is in trust.
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Who is the biggest shareholder of Apple?

The top shareholders of Apple are Arthur Levinson, Tim Cook, Jeff Williams, Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc. (BLK), and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.
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What percent of Amazon does Jeff Bezos own?

Bezos, who is worth $202.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has funded his private rocket company Blue Origin, and more recently his philanthropy, using part of his Amazon fortune. He owns about 10% of the online retailing giant.
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What is Bill Gates share in Microsoft?

As of March 2020, when Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board, he owned about 1% of the software and computing company's shares. He has invested in dozens of companies including Canadian National Railway and AutoNation, and is one of the largest owners of farmland in the U.S.
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Does Bill Gates still make money from Microsoft?

He currently only owns a little more than 1% of Microsoft shares, but that 1% is estimated to be worth around $7.3 billion. So although Bill Gates might no longer be the world's richest man, he's still doing pretty well.
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Does Warren Buffett own any Microsoft?

Buffett doesn't own any shares in Microsoft and has said in the past that this was in order to quell fears that he was participating in any insider trading.
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Who is Amazon's largest shareholder?

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  • Amazon's founder and executive chair of Amazon's board, Jeff Bezos, is the company's biggest shareholder, with 55.5 million shares representing 11.1% of outstanding shares.
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Who owns the most Tesla stock?

Musk is Tesla's biggest shareholder, owning around 17 percent of the company's shares, or about 175 million shares in total. Musk has sold large batches of shares before. Last year, he sold 15 million shares, worth more than $16 billion, after polling his followers on Twitter.
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Who is richer than Bill Gate?

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now worth more than both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 50-year-old's net worth is $230 billion as of Friday. Microsoft founder Gates is placed fourth with $130 billion while Buffett is placed 10th with $102 billion.
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Who is the the richest man on Earth?

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  • Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $224 billion. ...
  • Behind Musk is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $144 billion.
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Why did Bill Gates sell his Microsoft stock?

Gates has been selling many of his stocks and changing the focus of his investments, which experts are viewing as a signal of another possible crisis in the structures of the market. The theory is that if Gates thinks certain sectors are becoming more risky then they probably are.
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How many Microsoft Gates Own?

Gates's personal stake in Microsoft, as high as 45% when he took it public in 1986, was down to 1.3% by 2019, according to securities filings, a stake that would currently be worth about $25 billion.
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How many companies does Bill Gates own?

So, let's sum up the answer to “What companies does Bill Gates own as of 2021?” He owns a total of 22 holdings, with a total wealth of approximately $23 billion. He gained two new stocks, which were Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) and Sanderson Farms Inc (SAFM).
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What percent of Facebook does Mark Zuckerberg own?

Mr Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive of Meta, owns about 12.8% of the company - which is still valued at more than $660bn.
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How much money does Jeff Bezos have in his bank account?

Jeff Bezos, one of the world's richest people has a net worth around $203 billion, most of which he accumulated during his tenure as Amazon CEO. Jeff Bezos, one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, has a net worth of around $203 billion.
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What is Amazon CEO salary?

Jassy received nearly $213 million in compensation in 2021—6,474 times his median worker's salary of $32,855, according to Amazon's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in April.
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Does Steve Jobs family still own Apple stock?

When Steve died, he passed 5.5 million shares of Apple on to Laurene. When the stock split 7-1 in 2014, that stake became 38.5 million shares. When the stock split 4-1 in August 2020, that stake became 154 million shares.
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Who is the biggest shareholder of Coca Cola?

The Coca-Cola Company is a publicly listed company, meaning there is not one sole owner, but rather the company is 'owned' by thousands of shareholders and investors around the world. However, the largest shareowner of the company is American businessman Warren Buffett.
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How much of Apple Does Steve Jobs own?

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Based on Disney's current value, Jobs' stake would now be would now be worth nearly $22 billion. But in an alternate history, Jobs could have held onto a larger bite of Apple and ended up the richest man in the world. Jobs owned about 11 percent of Apple when the company went public in 1980.
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