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In July 2014, The Blackstone Group, the world's largest buyout firm, agreed to acquire The Gates Corporation from Onex Corp. (OCX) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $5.4 billion. [9] In December 2017, Gates Corporation filed an initial public offering and became a public corporation. [10]
Gates told the BBC, "I've paid more tax than any individual ever, and gladly so ... I've paid over $6 billion in taxes." [226] He is a proponent of higher taxes, particularly for the rich. [227] Gates has several investments outside Microsoft, which in 2006 paid him a salary of US$616,667 and a bonus of US$350,000, for a total of US$966,667. [228]
In July 2010 Tomkins was acquired by a Canadian consortium of private equity firm Onex Corporation and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. In July 2014, The Blackstone Group , the world's largest buyout firm, agreed to acquire The Gates Corporation, the largest division of Tomkins plc from Onex Corp. (OCX) and Canada Pension Plan ...
Gates Corp. has announced it will be closing its Newton facility in November, laying off 41 workers. The closure was posted on Iowa’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, Or WARN, site.
Gates told Swisher that, had his idea for a tax system been in place throughout his life, he estimates his worth would be about 38% of what it was. At the time of the interview, his net worth was ...
The William H. Gates III Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William H. Gates III joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 5.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Golden Gate Capital is an American private equity firm based in San Francisco.The firm makes investments in a number of select industries, including technology, financial services, retail and industrial, through leveraged buyout transactions, as well as significant minority purchases and growth capital investments.
Bill Gates delivered a speech Friday criticizing school pay structures, and urging the 50 state superintendents of education to end teacher pay increases based on seniority and education level.