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Cascade Investments LLC

Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding company and private investment firm headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. It is controlled by Bill Gates, and managed by Michael Larson. More than half of Gates’ fortune is held in assets outside his holding of Microsoft shares. With 269,000 acres of farmland (which has been historically countercyclical to the stock market) being held through a wide network of shell companies, Cascade Investment is the largest farmland owner in the United States.

Country

United States

Chief Executive

Geoffrey William Cutler

Chief Investment Officer

Michael Larson

Chair

Bill Gates