Bill Gates, who's 'not a big beer drinker,' just bought a $902 million stake in Heineken
Despite previously saying he's"not a big beer drinker," Bill Gates bought a $902 million stake in Dutch brewery Heineken., Heineken's parent company, on February 17, according to a filing with the Netherlands' Financial Markets Authority. He bought 6.65 million shares of the beer company directly, per the filing, and another 4.18 million shares through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
The value of Gates's overall stake was worth around 848 million euros, or about $901.6 million, as of market close on Friday, the day of the transaction.On an"Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit in 2018, Gates was asked what his favorite beer is. "I am not a big beer drinker," Gates wrote in response to the question, adding that if he goes to baseball games, for example, he'll"drink light beer to get with the vibe of all the other beer drinkers."about the health risks of alcohol consumption that received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which the billionaire and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, started decades ago.
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