Bill Gates: Billionaire Philanthropist

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Billionaire Bill Gates

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Billionaire Bill Gates Has 83% of His $48 Billion Portfolio in Just 4 Stocks

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Bill Gates is worth an estimated $132.6 billion (as of this writing), making him the ninth richest person in the world.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust is a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft .

The Trust owns roughly 35 million shares of Microsoft stock valued at $14.7 billion .

The Trust holds nearly 55 million shares of Canadian National Railway worth $6.2 billion .

Canadian National is the only transcontinental railroad in North America , connecting the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast , and the Gulf of Mexico .

The current payout ratio of 38% suggests there's plenty of opportunity for future increases.

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