By Lisa Stiffler
Publication Date: 2026-05-18 16:12:00
The Gates Foundation trust no longer owns any shares of Microsoft, the company that made Bill Gates one of the world’s richest people and ultimately led him to launch the Seattle-based global health organization 26 years ago.
The sale was disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday, with 7.7 million shares sold for approximately $3.2 billion, as first reported by The Times of India.
The move doesn’t reflect any souring on the Redmond, Wash., tech giant but is the continuation of a Microsoft selloff that began in the last quarter of 2023. The assets…