Editing Gates Foundation (section)

===Trust investments===
{{as of |2025|3|31}}, according to documents filed with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], the trust owned the following investments (close to 200 million shares) worth a total of almost $42 billion:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dataroma.com/m/holdings.php?m=GFT |title=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust Holdings Map |publisher=Dataroma |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! scope="col" | Company
! scope="col" | Shares
! scope="col" | Value
! scope="col" | Portfolio
! scope="col" | Total
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Microsoft]]
| 28,457,247
| $10,862,566,000
| 25.87%
| rowspan=5 | 83.93%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Berkshire Hathaway]] (Class B)
| 17,172,435
| $9,145,695,000
| 21.78%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Waste Management (corporation)|Waste Management]]
| 32,234,344
| $7,462,573,000
| 17.77%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Canadian National Railway]]
| 54,826,786
| $5,343,419,000
| 12.73%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Caterpillar Inc.]]
| 7,353,614
| $2,425,222,000
| 5.78%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[John Deere]]
| 3,557,378
| $1,669,655,000
| 3.98%
| rowspan=5 | 11.85%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Ecolab]]
| 5,218,044
| $1,322,879,000
| 3.15%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Walmart]]
| 9,090,477
| $798,053,000
| 1.90%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[FedEx]]
| 2,534,362
| $617,827,000
| 1.47%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Coca-Cola FEMSA]]
| 6,214,719
| $567,342,000
| 1.35%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Waste Connections]]
| 2,149,175
| $419,497,000
| 1.00%
| rowspan=15 | 4.22%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Coupang]]
| 9,248,045
| $202,810,000
| 0.48%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Crown Castle]]
| 1,420,072
| $148,014,000
| 0.35%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Schrödinger, Inc.|Schrödinger]]
| 6,981,664
| $137,818,000
| 0.33%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Madison Square Garden Sports]]
| 592,406
| $115,353,000
| 0.27%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[AB InBev]]
| 1,703,000
| $104,837,000
| 0.25%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[McDonald's]]
| 334,900
| $104,613,000
| 0.25%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[West Pharmaceutical Services]]
| 444,500
| $99,515,000
| 0.24%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Paccar]]
| 1,000,000
| $97,370,000
| 0.23%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[United Parcel Service]]
| 755,089
| $83,052,000
| 0.20%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Kraft Heinz]]
| 2,622,600
| $79,806,000
| 0.19%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Danaher Corporation|Danaher]]
| 373,000
| $76,465,000
| 0.18%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Hormel Foods]]
| 2,195,290
| $67,922,000
| 0.16%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[On (company)|On Holding]]
| 500,000
| $21,960,000
| 0.05%
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Veralto]]
| 124,333
| $12,116,000
| 0.03%
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#808080"| {{font color|white|25 companies}}
| style="background:#808080"| {{font color|white|197,103,480,000}}
| style="background:#808080"| {{font color|white|$41,986,379,000}}
| style="background:#808080"| {{font color|white|100%}}
| style="background:#808080"| {{font color|white|100%}}
|}