Bill Gates Sells Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway Shares In Q1: Are These Still Top Positions?
Bill Gates Sells Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway Shares In Q1: Are These Still Top Positions?
Billionaire Bill Gates is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). He is also known for his philanthropic efforts with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
億萬富翁比爾·蓋茨最出名的是微軟公司（納斯達克股票代碼：MSFT）的聯合創始人和前首席執行官。他還因在比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會信託基金的慈善事業而聞名。
Those two items collided in the first quarter with the sale of Microsoft stock. Here's what to know.
這兩個項目在第一季度與微軟股票的出售相沖突。以下是需要了解的內容。
What Happened: Gates stepped down as the CEO of Microsoft in 2000 and later left the board of directors in 2020.
發生了什麼：蓋茨於 2000 年辭去微軟首席執行官一職，隨後在 2020 年離開董事會。
The co-founder of the software giant remains a large shareholder in the company through his own holdings and the stock holdings of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
這家軟件巨頭的聯合創始人通過自己持有的股份以及比爾和梅琳達·蓋茨基金會信託基金持有的股票，仍然是該公司的大股東。
A new 13F filing for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust reveals two key changes made in the first quarter.
比爾和梅琳達·蓋茨基金會信託基金新的13F文件顯示了第一季度做出的兩項關鍵變化。
The trust sold 1.7 million Microsoft shares and 2.6 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK). The trades lowered the weighting of these two stocks by 4.5% and 13.1%, respectively.
該信託基金出售了170萬股微軟股票和伯克希爾哈撒韋公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：BRK）的260萬股股票。這些交易使這兩隻股票的權重分別降低了4.5％和13.1％。
After the sales, the top holdings of the trust are, with values from the end of the first quarter:
出售後，該信託的最大持股量爲，其價值自第一季度末起：
Microsoft: 33.5% of the portfolio, 36,499,597 shares, $15.4 billion
微軟：投資組合的33.5％，36,499,597股股票，154億美元
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM): 16.4% of the portfolio, 35,234,344 shares, $7.5 billion
廢物管理公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：WM）：投資組合的16.4％，35,234,344股股票，75億美元
Berkshire Hathaway: 15.9% of the portfolio, 17,303,097 shares, $7.3 billion
伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司：投資組合的15.9％，17,303,097股股票，73億美元
With the latest trades, Berkshire Hathaway moved from the second-place spot down to third place.
在最新的交易中，伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司從第二名跌至第三名。
Related Link: Microsoft Q3 Earnings: Revenue Beat, EPS Beat, 'New Era Of AI Transformation' And More
相關鏈接：微軟第三季度收益：收入超過預期、每股收益超過預期、“人工智能轉型的新時代” 等
Why It's Important: Gates owns Microsoft shares in his Cascade Investments vehicle and his personal holdings. The former CEO once owned 45% of the company when it went public in 1986.
爲何重要：蓋茨擁有其Cascade Investments汽車的微軟股票及其個人持股。1986年公司上市時，這位前首席執行官曾擁有該公司45％的股份。
The ownership stake has been reduced over the years by Gates and the foundation trust, which represents his philanthropic efforts.
多年來，蓋茨和代表其慈善事業的基金會信託基金減少了所有權。
Berkshire Hathaway, led by Gates' friend Warren Buffett, has been a top investment of Gates and also sees shares donated by Buffett to the trust.
由蓋茨的朋友禾倫·巴菲特領導的伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司一直是蓋茨的最大投資，巴菲特也將股票捐贈給該信託基金。
The latest moves in the first quarter come as it was recently announced that Gates' ex-wife Melinda French Gates is stepping down as the co-chair of the trust. French Gates will be leaving for her own philanthropic efforts with an added $12.5 billion commitment.
第一季度的最新舉措是在蓋茨的前妻梅琳達·法蘭西·蓋茨最近宣佈辭去該信託基金聯席主席的職務之際採取的。法國人蓋茨將前往自己的慈善事業，並承諾增加125億美元。
The former Microsoft CEO is listed as the fifth richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a wealth of $154 billion, up $13.6 billion year-to-date.
這位前微軟首席執行官被列爲彭博億萬富翁指數的第五大富豪，財富爲1540億美元，今年迄今增長136億美元。
Gates' sale of Microsoft stock comes as shares have soared in the last year thanks to new artificial intelligence initiatives and growth. Microsoft shares are up 37% over the last year.
蓋茨出售微軟股票之際，由於新的人工智能舉措和增長，去年股價飆升。微軟的股價比去年上漲了37％。
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