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Bill Gates is the third-richest man in the world—after Tesla's Elon Musk (in first place) and Amazon's Jeff Bezos (in second place).

Shorting $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$

A conversation between "new richest man" Musk and "former richest man" Bill Gates appeared on Twitter. Bill Gates not only shorting Tesla, but also asking Musk to sponsor himself for charity. 

In fact, "shorting Tesla" seems to have become the obsession of Wall Street bears.

Shorting a stock means investors borrow and sell shares they don't own, betting that the price will fall.

Short selling is no stranger to Tesla. The company's stock has been a very popular short in recent years. The bears don't believe Tesla can popularize electric vehicles and fund its operations with internally generated cash flow. But Tesla has done both.

Since 2020, Tesla has been firmly at the top of the U.S. stock short list, and the short position of Tesla has continued to increase, making Tesla the first stock in human history with a short position exceeding $20 billion.

Bill Gates' Latest Portfolio: Top Stocks Picks

Looking at Bill Gates' latest portfolio, I didn't find any information about Tesla. 

Gates did not disclose the Tesla short via a quarterly 13-F filing. This is because the short is most likely an outright short, which is not required to be disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With that in mind, let’s take a look at what Bill Gates is betting on.

Source: whalewisdom

From the sector allocation, finance is 51.22% in his portfolio, industries is 25.12%, transportation is 10.3%.

Source: whalewisdom

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s portfolio has Berkshire Hathaway as its top holding with 28 million shares valued at over $10B.
• Waste Management is the second-largest holding with over 18.6 million shares valued at $2.95 billion.
• The third-largest holding is the Canadian National Railway Company with over 13 million shares valued at $1.75 billion.
• Caterpillar Inc. is the fourth-largest holding with 7 million shares for a total value of $1.63 billion.
• Ecolab is the fifth-largest holding in the Foundation's portfolio, with 4.3 million shares at a market value of nearly $770 million.

$Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.B)$

Bill Gates has developed a very close relationship with Warren Buffett since they first met in 1991; Gates served on the Board of Directors of Berkshire Hathaway until March 2020. Both investors have signed a pledge to give away a significant portion of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

$Waste Management(WM)$

Waste Management is a provider of waste management and associated environmental services. It further develops and operates waste to energy and landfill gas to energy facilities in the United States. It is the largest waste management company in the country, with over 20 million customers.

$Canadian National Railway(CNI)$

Canadian National Railway provides integrated transportation services including rail, trucking, freight forwarding, andwarehousing. The company mainly transports petroleum products, grain and fertilizers, coal, metals, and automotive products.

$Caterpillar(CAT)$ $Ecolab(ECL)$ $Wal-Mart(WMT)$ $John Deere(DE)$ $Microsoft(MSFT)$ $Crown Castle(CCI)$ $Schrodinger Inc.(SDGR)$ $United Parcel Service Inc(UPS)$ $FedEx(FDX)$

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