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Bloomberg recalculated Bill Gates' net worth as $52 billion lower to reflect charitable giving, sending him seven places down ...

Bill Gates has fallen out of the top ten richest people due to a recalculation reflecting his significant charitable ...

Bill Gates's net worth is down $35 billion this year. He has given a great deal of money away. He has sold Microsoft stock.

The Gates Foundation portfolio is a mix of Gates' tech background and influence from one of the greatest investors of all ...

The Gates Foundation Trust, founded by the billionaire Bill Gates, has a portfolio valued at $41.806 billion, which is ...

Gates purchased 1 million shares of PCAR stock at around $100 a share. The $100 million position is still small within the Foundation’s $45 billion portfolio, but it indicates Gates sees a ...

Now, it's a well-known fact that if Bill Gates didn't diversify his portfolio, and chose instead to keep his wealth entirely in Microsoft stock, he'd have been much better off over the years.

Gates purchased 1 million shares of PCAR stock at around $100 a share. The $100 million position is still small within the Foundation's $45 billion portfolio, but it indicates Gates sees a ...