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๐จ BREAKING: Gates Foundation exits Microsoft โ completely.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has sold all 7.7 million of its remaining Microsoft shares โ worth over $3.2 billion โ ending a decades-long financial relationship with the company Gates co-founded in 1975.
๐ The trust had already cut its stake from 28.5M shares (end of Q1 2025) down to 7.7M by year-end. The latest SEC 13F filing confirmed the final exit in Q1 2026.
Why did they sell?
๐น Portfolio diversification
๐น Funding the Foundation's charitable mission
๐น Gates plans to wind down the Foundation over the next 20 years โ directing ALL assets to philanthropy
๐ Despite the sale, analysts still see MSFT as 23% undervalued (GF Score: 95/100)
๐ก This isn't a vote of no confidence in Microsoft โ it's smart asset management for a charity.
The founder moved on. The company endures.
$MSFT | What do you think โ is this the right move? ๐
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