Bill Gates acquired 3.76% of Heineken Holding NV (HEIO.AS), despite earlier saying he was “not a huge beer drinker.”
The Netherlands’ Financial Markets Authority (AFM) report claimed the shares were bought on Feb. 17. Heineken Holding controls Heineken NV (HEIN.AS).
Mexico’s FEMSA sold the shares to Gates.
FEMSA sold all 18 million Heineken Holding shares in another Feb. 17 filing. Gates bought 10.8 million shares worth 883 million euros ($939.87 million) at current market values, triggering Dutch stock market disclosure laws.
“Not a huge beer drinker,” Gates stated in a 2018 Reddit “Ask Me Anything” conversation.
“I drink light beer at baseball games to fit in. Sorry beer drinkers.”
The billionaire and his ex-philanthropic wife’s foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, didn’t respond.
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