[brosephius]

I know he has an investment vehicle of some kind to manage his wealth (I think it's called Cascade?) but does anybody know what it has stakes in? And his quoted wealth figure doesn't include what he's given to his foundation, right? I just think it's pretty amazing that he's still #1 or 2 on the richest list given how little he owns of Microsoft and how much he's given away.

[patja]

Cascade is in Kirkland. I've heard they have around 100 employees. In addition to managing Bill Gates' portfolio, they also manage the portfolio of the Gates Foundation. They intentionally keep a very low profile.

[bpicolo]

It most likely consists of shares in far too many things to list. The amount of his money in MSFT doesn't matter unless MSFT outperforms the rest of his investments, no?

[e2e8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Investments_LLC