Re: Bill Gates owns Apple

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 02:18:30AM -0500, James Kramer wrote: 
> I read in Slashdot that Apple is preventing certain software from 
> running properly. 
> http://blog.vlad1.com/2008/02/28/finding-the-os-x-turbo-button/
> 
> I read about Apple and Microsoft--which is better--all the time.  Am I 
> the only person who remembers that Bill Gates owns controlling 
> interest in Apple?  I remember when Apple fired Steve Jobs.  Gates 
> then bought controlling interest in Apple and rehired Jobs.  To me 
> Apple is following the same path as Windows. 


Let's look at finance.yahoo.com: 

AAPL - Ownership - Major Holders: 

% of shares held by insiders and 5% or more: 1% 

OK, so no individual owns more than 5% of the company. The 4 
biggest individual owners are Jobs (about 0.61%) and four other 
Apple execs (totalling less than 0.15%) 

How about an institution? Maybe Gates bought the stock and 
transferred it to his charity? 

No. The top institutional holder is FMR, which owns 5.07%. The 
next 9 biggest hold about 22%, combined. 

Is it hidden in a mutual fund? No, Fidelity owns 1.72% and the 
next nine biggest have less than 1% each. 

I think we can conclusively say that Bill Gates, or Microsoft, 
does not own a controlling interest in Apple. 

-dsr- 




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