Cascade Investment
| Company type | Limited liability company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Investments Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Bill Gates |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Bill Gates (Chairman) Michael Larson (Manager and CIO) |
Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding and investment company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. It is controlled by Bill Gates, and managed by Michael Larson.
More than half of Gates' fortune is held in assets outside his holding of Microsoft shares.[1]
Cascade is the successor company to Dominion Income Management, the former investment vehicle for Gates' holdings, which was managed by Andy Evans.[citation needed]
List of investments and companies
The company describes itself as a diversified investment company. Its investments include:
- AutoNation
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Canadian National Railway12% [2]
- Carpetright
- Coca Cola Femsa SAB de CV - 20% stake[3][4]
- Cox Communications
- Dante O Giovanni Corporation
- ElBarbary Investment Group
- FEMSA (Mexican brewer) - $364 million (Dec. 2007) - 1.2 percent of FEMSA capital through "B" shares.[5] Cascade might thus own 10.81 million of Femsa's New York-traded American Depositary Shares, about 3 percent of Femsa, the world's second largest Coke bottler and Mexico's second-largest brewer.[6]
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- ICOS
- John Deere
- Microsoft Corporation
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Nimbus Discovery[7]
- OANDA Corporation[8]
- Otter Tail Power Company
- Pan American Silver Corporation
- Republic Services, Inc - U.S. waste management - 20% estimated[9]
- Sapphire Energy[10]
- Schrödinger[11][12]
- Schnitzer Steel Industries
- Scient
References
- ^ "Gates No Longer World's Richest Man". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/bill-gates-largest-shareholder-in-canadian-national/article1997052/
- ^ "Bill Gates discloses 20 pct Coca Cola Femsa stake | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ Aspin, Chris (2007-12-20). "Bill Gates buys stake in Mexican brewer Femsa". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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- ^ "$100-Million Investment in OANDA Corporation Recognizes Growth Potential in the Frenetic World of Forex". OANDA. 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ Reuters: "Gates investment arm trashes Waste Management bid"
- ^ by Martin LaMonica (2008-09-17). "Bill Gates invests in algae fuel | Green Tech - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ "Schrödinger Receives Additional Equity Investment from Bill Gates". 2012-12-12.
- ^ "Bill Gates Takes Stake in Creating New Drugs". The Wall Street Journal. 2010-4-29.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Bill Gates aumenta su participación accionaria en Televisa". Alt1040.com. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2012-11-01.