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0 pointsHWR_144y ago0 comments

Bill Gates owned 49% of MSFT in 2007. He could have already hit 1 trillion by doing nothing.

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xref4y ago

Supposedly he owned 49% when they went public in 1986, down to 24% in 1996, down to 1.3% in 2017, for anyone interested.

HWR_14OP4y ago

Thank you, I misremembered when he started divesting. I thought he maintained his shares until halfway through he Ballmer CEOship.

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xref4y ago

Supposedly he owned 49% when they went public in 1986, down to 24% in 1996, down to 1.3% in 2017, for anyone interested.

HWR_14OP4y ago

Thank you, I misremembered when he started divesting. I thought he maintained his shares until halfway through he Ballmer CEOship.

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