bill Gates It is Warren Buffett are among the 10 richest people in the world. Buffett, through Berkshire Hathaway, and Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, compete for the fifth and sixth positions in the ranking.
Warren Buffett, in particular, is known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and has a net worth valued at 106.4 billion euros, as estimated by Forbes magazine.
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But, as you can imagine, this fortune didn't come out of nowhere. In this text, we will present the main investments of these two billionaires. With this, you will notice that there is a investment in common. Check out!
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Warren Buffett makes his investments through Berkshire Hathaway. The company's investment portfolio is subjected to rigorous analysis by analysts, journalists and investors.
However, in recent years, the reality is that this portfolio has presented few surprises in terms of significant changes.
Its main shares, as mentioned, are stable: Apple and Bank of America. A substantial portion, equivalent to 47.5%, of Berkshire's investment portfolio is allocated to the technology giant.
Its 5.9% share has an estimated value of approximately US$189.460 billion. Furthermore, Apple shares registered an increase of more than 50% throughout 2023.
In this sense, the company responsible for the iconic iPhone is about to recover a market capitalization of US$3 trillion.
Bank of America represents 8.2% of the portfolio, with an investment valued at around US$29 million.
Buffett holds a 13% stake in the bank, which has faced a challenging market period in 2023, with shares down 13.5% year to date.
Gates is worth $104.6 billion. The main investments were conducted through the foundation he established with his ex-wife, Melinda. Microsoft is the top portfolio holding of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This choice is not surprising, since, thanks to Gates' generous donations, the foundation holds more than 39.2 million shares in the technology giant, whose value exceeds US$13.37 billion.
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31.79% of the foundation's portfolio is invested in the technology giant, which has seen its shares appreciate by a notable 37% by 2023.
With a gigantic market capitalization of 2.44 trillion dollars, Microsoft occupies second place in the ranking of the most valuable companies in the world, behind only Apple.
The second largest investment in the foundation's portfolio belongs to Berkshire Hathaway, under the leadership of Warren Buffett. A substantial part, corresponding to 20.38% of the company's assets, is invested in this conglomerate. In other words, Buffet invests in Bill Gates!
This totals 25.14 million shares valued at $8.573 billion. The widely recognized friendship between Gates and Buffett is well documented and this is the common investment between the two billionaires.
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