Cascade Investment
Limited liability company | |
Industry |
Investments Conglomerate |
Founded | 1995 |
Founder | Bill Gates |
Headquarters | Kirkland, Washington, United States |
Key people |
Bill Gates (Chairman) Michael Larson (CIO) |
Owner | Bill Gates |
Number of employees | 100 |
Subsidiaries | Front Range Investment Holdings |
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.[1] More than half of Gates' fortune is held in assets outside his holding of Microsoft shares.[2] Cascade is the successor company to Dominion Income Management, the former investment vehicle for Gates' holdings, which was managed by Andrew Evans.[3]
Notable investments
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, 47%[4][5]
- Ecolab, 25%[6]
- Canadian National Railway, 10%[7]
- FEMSA[4]
- Berkshire Hathaway, 4%[4]
- Strategic Hotels & Resorts, 9.8%[8][4]
- Republic Services, 30.9%[9]
- John Deere[4]
- Bunzl, 6%[4]
- Carpetright, 3%[4]
- Diageo[4]
- AutoNation, 14%[1]
- Microsoft, 3.6%[1]
- Beyond Meat[1][10]
- Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco[11]
- TerraPower[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Das, Anupreeta; Karmin, Craig (2014-09-19). "This Man's Job: Make Bill Gates Richer". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ Miller, Matthew. "Gates No Longer World's Richest Man". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ↑ Torres, Craig. "Convicted Felons Handle Gates Fortune". nwsource.com. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cascade Investment, Bill Gates' wealth manager". Financial Times. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ "Four Seasons Hotels agrees to bid from Gates and Alwaleed - Business - International Herald Tribune". The New York Times. 2007-02-12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ Stych, Ed (2012-05-07). "Bill Gates' stake in Ecolab could get bigger". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ "Bill Gates now biggest CN shareholder | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ "Bill Gates Makes a Play To Acquire Strategic Hotels & Resorts - CoStar Group". www.costar.com. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ "DEF 14A". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ "The Bill Gates-backed company that's reinventing meat". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- ↑ Bort, Julie (2014-09-20). "The Man Making Bill Gates Richer". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
External links
- Cascade Investment, L.L.C.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg
- Legal Letter from Mark R. Beatty (General Counsel of Cascade Investment, L.L.C.)
- SEC filings of Cascade Investment, L.L.C.
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