---
title: "GATES WILLIAM H III — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef
identifier: sec:0000902012
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GATES WILLIAM H III

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000902012`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef  

## Ownership & control

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/280ffc7e-d80c-5cec-839c-4da3c6b851c1
- **MICROSOFT CORP** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de8f2fc9-9f95-5215-89a9-e422bb062a7a
- **MICROSOFT CORP** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/de8f2fc9-9f95-5215-89a9-e422bb062a7a
- **REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8130b435-4e56-5b12-bb80-54d92bfad432
- **Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dd3b9d80-cec3-55d0-8de7-f3442e57c1b1
- **AUTONATION, INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7283b616-fa6c-52d6-bb22-a1ad1c3991b4
- **ECOLAB INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69
- **Vicarious Surgical Inc.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/839814d0-b357-59c0-8b51-153742068f0b
- **WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES & INCOME FUND** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/79370020-f60b-5034-a2ac-1157e9be751c
- **WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b6c0d50-33e1-5c05-9c00-6271d4bca801
- **EXICURE, INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3149d66e-9724-5e12-8ca4-2d686629a6b9
- **Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc13e473-5366-53b5-8e8c-fb61ca632a0e
- **DEERE & CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4509c77b-c588-5a13-85f9-7267d02fab78
- **Vroom, Inc.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a82e0fde-205b-5ef2-ac15-20a070c2dde3
- **ALPHA G INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c2aaa5ec-05d7-537c-bb80-fb9753f797b5
- **KIOR INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/067c21f6-5452-5043-925c-279251ffe805
- **ECOLAB INC.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3745251d-b7af-5d40-8cf1-034de8367d69
- **AUTONATION, INC.** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7283b616-fa6c-52d6-bb22-a1ad1c3991b4
- **EASTERN COAL HOLDING COMPANY, INC.** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba2d8ad4-e229-5de1-8763-361c8f722858
- **ACCESSITY CORP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/860a4e7d-c472-5007-b06d-56caabdadded
- **PLANETOUT INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a98e9c32-4e23-5de1-acf4-54d236ba5c56
- **UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a82536fd-767c-502f-a24b-ffb16ddb0c0a

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GATES WILLIAM H III**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/87723cab-5b8d-543d-ba0c-71092f950eef._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._