top | item 24376871 (no title) Datsundere | 5 years ago Do you realize 110b is not liquid assets? If he sold all his stock Facebook would plummet into oblivion discuss order hn newest wmf|5 years ago He can borrow against it and do whatever he wants while maintaining ownership. Whether that's a good idea is debatable. vonmoltke|5 years 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. load replies (1) foogazi|5 years ago He could sell 1b and keep 109b in illiquid assetsGates still owns a lot of MSFT shares zeusk|5 years 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|5 years ago >If he sold all his stock Facebook would plummet into oblivionNo, it wouldn't.
wmf|5 years ago He can borrow against it and do whatever he wants while maintaining ownership. Whether that's a good idea is debatable. vonmoltke|5 years 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. load replies (1)
vonmoltke|5 years 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. load replies (1)
foogazi|5 years ago He could sell 1b and keep 109b in illiquid assetsGates still owns a lot of MSFT shares
zeusk|5 years 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.
wmf|5 years ago
vonmoltke|5 years ago
foogazi|5 years ago
Gates still owns a lot of MSFT shares
zeusk|5 years ago
frank2|5 years ago
No, it wouldn't.