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Bill Gates’ 2026 Portfolio: Top 10 Stocks to Buy

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In this article, we will discuss Bill Gates’ 2026 Portfolio: Top 10 Stocks to Buy.

The Gates Foundation Trust is the endowment fund of Billionaire Bill Gates. The fund’s equity portfolio was valued at about $35.36 billion at the end of last year and remains highly concentrated in stable companies with durable, long-term business models. The fund is positioned towards generating steady returns that help finance the foundation’s annual grantmaking. While Gates is not involved in the day-to-day management of the portfolio, these investments are important for his financial strategy because they provide long-term funding visibility for his charitable commitments.

The Gates Foundation’s stock portfolio is managed by Michael Larson, chief investment officer of Cascade Asset Management. Larson has overseen Gates’ investments for years and is known for maintaining a concentrated portfolio focused on high-quality companies with consistent cash flows.

Gates, a close friend of Warren Buffett and an admirer of the Oracle of Omaha’s stock-picking skills, has been a fan of investing in companies with strong moats and long-term business models. You will find many non-AI, “boring” stocks with strong balance sheets in Gates’ stock portfolio. In a December interview with CNBC, Gates said that while AI’s impact on the world will be “profound,” not all AI valuations are justifiable and many of these stocks could go down in the future.

“AI is only a bubble in the sense that not all of these valuations will end up going up,” Gates said. “Some of them will go down but in the sense that behind it is a technology that’s deeply profound that will reshape the world. There’s not the slightest doubt about that. Does it mean all of these companies with high valuations will all be winners? No. It’s going to be hyper- competitive. A reasonable percentage of those companies won’t be worth that much.”

For this article, we scanned the Gates Foundation’s stock portfolio and picked its top 10 holdings. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 498.7% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 303 percentage points (see more details here).

10. Coca-Cola Femsa (NYSE:KOF)

Gates Foundation Stake Value: $0.59 Billion

Coca-Cola Femsa (NYSE:KOF) is a smart stock pick of the Gates Foundation to benefit from the rising consumer class in Latin America.  While the beverage market in the US is getting saturated, consumption in Brazil, Mexico and other key countries in the region is rising.  Coca-Cola Femsa (NYSE:KOF) saw double-digit operating income growth in the last quarter of 2025 amid strong demand in Brazil and pricing benefits in Mexico. The stock has a P/E of about 15.4, much lower than the industry average of 17. It has a dividend yield of about 4%. The stock ranks 10th in our list of the top stocks in Bill Gates’ 2026 portfolio.

9. FedEx (NYSE:FDX)

Gates Foundation Stake Value: $0.69 Billion

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) shares are up 46% over the past year. But can it run more? The company is executing a major efficiency plan (DRIVE) to reduce billions in costs and increase margins with fewer flights, using automation and network consolidation. Despite short-term volatility, global e-commerce is positioned to expand and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) will benefit from increasing package volume growth.

Another growth catalyst is FedEx’s (NYSE:FDX) plan to spin off its Freight segment. Separating the higher-margin LTL business could unlock value through a higher standalone valuation, while allowing FedEx to focus on improving efficiency in its Express and Ground operations.

The London Company Large Cap Strategy stated the following regarding FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) – FDX was a top performer after reporting better results led by improved revenue quality, disciplined pricing, and continued cost savings. Despite the freight recession, domestic ground volume has been fairly resilient recently, and margins expanded in the core Express business due to the structural cost reductions. We remain attracted to the strong cash generation, balanced capital allocation, and a solid balance sheet.”

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The $250 Trillion AI Hype is Real. A few years from now, you’ll probably wish you’d bought this stock.

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Dr. Ian Dogan

Co-Founder and Research Director at Insider Monkey

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Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences.

At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000.

Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040.

Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:

  • 175 Teslas
  • 107 Amazons
  • 140 Metas
  • 84 Googles
  • 65 Microsofts
  • And 55 Nvidias

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It’s a leap so massive, it could reshape how businesses, governments, and consumers operate worldwide.

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  • Bill Gates sees artificial intelligence as the “biggest technological advance in my lifetime,” more transformative than the internet or personal computer, capable of improving healthcare, education, and addressing climate change.
  • Larry Ellison — through Oracle, is spending billions on Nvidia chips and partnering with Cohere to embed generative AI across Oracle’s cloud and apps.
  • Warren Buffett — not known for tech hype — says this breakthrough could have a ‘hugely beneficial social impact.

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Dr. Ian Dogan

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