Bill Gates Donates Billions in Stock to Foundation -- Update
2017年8月16日 - 7:41AM
Dow Jones News
By Jay Greene
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates handed over 64 million
shares of the software giant to his foundation in June, a $4.68
billion donation based on current share prices that would rank as
his most valuable to the organization in more than a decade.
The gift, disclosed Monday in regulatory filings, is
significantly larger in both value and number of shares than recent
dispersals by Mr. Gates, the world's wealthiest person. Since June
2015, Mr. Gates has regularly donated eight million shares each
quarter.
A spokeswoman for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
declined to say why Mr. Gates changed his pattern of giving, or
whether there would be similarly larger donations in the future.
The last time Mr. Gates gave the foundation as many shares was
September 2008, when he transferred 84.4 million. Back then,
Microsoft's stock was trading at $26.69, valuing that gift at $2.25
billion.
Microsoft shares closed Tuesday at $73.22, a bit off their
record high closing price of $74.22 on July 20.
The spokeswoman declined to say how the proceeds of Mr. Gates's
latest gift would be used. The foundation has focused on global
health and development, as well as educational programs in the
U.S.
Mr. Gates has given the vast majority of his holdings to the
foundation, whose endowment at the end of last year stood at $40.3
billion. That figure also includes gifts from Mr. Gates's longtime
friend, Warren Buffett, who has given the foundation between $1.25
billion and $2.17 billion each year since 2006.
According to the filings, Mr. Gates still holds nearly 103
million Microsoft shares, valued at $7.54 billion.
Write to Jay Greene at Jay.Greene@wsj.com
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