Bill Gates gave away shares worth $6 billion this week but is still the world’s fifth-richest person
Bill Gates gave shares worth $6 billion this week to his charitable foundation. The philanthropist pledged last week to give away $20 billion to the foundation this month. Gates said he will move down the list of the world''s richest people but is still in fifth place. Bill Gates is still the world''s fifth-richest person, according to Bloomberg and Forbes rankings , despite giving away shares worth more than $6 billion this week to his charitable foundation. Gates donated close to $5.2 billion worth of stock in Canadian National Railway Co to the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, SEC filings show. The Microsoft co-founder also gave away $995 million worth of shares in Deere Co. to the foundation on Thursday, filings from Friday show. More than 3 million shares were moved from Gates'' investment vehicle, Cascade Investment LLC, to the private non-profit organization. Gates is now worth $112 billion, according to Bloomberg, behind Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault and India''s Gautam Adani.
Bill Gates gave away shares worth $6 billion this week but is still the world’s fifth-richest person
Bill Gates gave shares worth $6 billion this week to his charitable foundation. The philanthropist pledged last week to give away $20 billion to the foundation this month. Gates said he will move down the list of the world''s richest people but is still in fifth place. Bill Gates is still the world''s fifth-richest person, according to Bloomberg and Forbes rankings , despite giving away shares worth more than $6 billion this week to his charitable foundation. Gates donated close to $5.2 billion worth of stock in Canadian National Railway Co to the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation, SEC filings show. The Microsoft co-founder also gave away $995 million worth of shares in Deere Co. to the foundation on Thursday, filings from Friday show. More than 3 million shares were moved from Gates'' investment vehicle, Cascade Investment LLC, to the private non-profit organization. Gates is now worth $112 billion, according to Bloomberg, behind Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault and India''s Gautam Adani.