Wealth history
Older points are reconstructed from archived Forbes estimates and are approximate because the original stored values were rounded. The latest point uses the current net worth estimate shown above.
View wealth history table
| Year | Estimated net worth | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $6.2B | Historical Forbes estimate (approx.) |
| 2023 | $6.5B | Historical Forbes estimate (approx.) |
| 2024 | $10.9B | Historical Forbes estimate (approx.) |
| 2026 | $34.6B | Current estimate |
Recent wealth changes
These changes compare Grizzly Bulls wealth estimates from the dates shown below.
| Period | Wealth change | Rank change | Compared with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Previous update | -$30.89M (-0.09%) | Down 3 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| 7 days | +$3.87B (12.60%) | Up 9 | Sep 1, 2026 |
Ownership and major holdings
These relationships come from dated public disclosures and may change independently of the net worth estimate shown above.
- Owns Canadian National Railway Company (CNI, NYSE) as of Oct 1, 2024.
Canadian National Railway Company share classes and reported positions
- Canadian National Railway Common Shares (CNI)1 vote per share
The cited disclosure reported 2.6% ownership of Canadian National Railway Common Shares as of Oct 1, 2024. Those percentages stay on their reported date rather than being recalculated from newer share counts.
| Reported holder | Class | Shares | As of | Included in holding value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melinda French Gates | Canadian National Railway Common Shares | 16,145,309 | Oct 1, 2024 | Included |
Public holding value
Estimated market value of Canadian National Railway Company holding
- Shares used in estimate
- 16,145,309 shares
- Market price
- $123.25 per share on Sep 8, 2026
- Ownership and share-count dates
- Oct 1, 2024
This Grizzly Bulls calculation covers only the public holding shown here. It is not a total net worth estimate, and the ownership or share-count dates may be older than the market price.
Supporting filings and market-data links are collected in Sources and calculations.
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Sources and calculations
Grizzly Bulls tracks this published net worth estimate over time and separately values identified public holdings when share counts and market prices are available. The total shown at the top currently uses the latest available Forbes estimate; holding values shown on this page do not replace it.
This page also uses 4 additional sources, including 2 SEC filings, for ownership, share counts, and market prices.
- Net worth estimateForbes net worth estimate
- Ownership · Share filing · Share countMelinda French Gates SCHEDULE 13G/A filed 2024-10-08
- Ownership · Share filing · Share countMelinda French Gates Schedule 13 filing history reviewed through 2026-09-02
- Ownership · Share filingCanadian National Railway 2025 Form 40-F
- Market priceCanadian National Railway Company CNI market price
A second published estimate from Bloomberg differs by 66.74% from the net worth shown above.
Background citations are listed with the background section so its numbered references remain easy to follow.