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Do you realize 110b is not liquid assets? If he sold all his stock Facebook would plummet into oblivion

• foogazi 6y ago
  He could sell 1b and keep 109b in illiquid assets Gates still owns a lot of MSFT shares
• wmf 6y ago
  He can borrow against it and do whatever he wants while maintaining ownership. Whether that's a good idea is debatable.
  • vonmoltke 6y ago
    Only for as much as he has present cash flow to pay for the loan. I'm sure he has quite a bit of that, but I highly doubt he has enough to take a loan for more than a fraction og his holding.
    • wmf 6y ago
      Awww, maybe he could only get $10B liquid.
• zeusk 6y ago
  Do you realize big trades don't happen in public markets all at once? Dark pools, private share sales, debt-equity swap are a thing.
• frank2 6y ago
  >If he sold all his stock Facebook would plummet into oblivion No, it wouldn't.