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Serco
History
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation purchased an initial stake of more than 600,000 Serco shares in 2014.1) In May 2019 - mere months before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared - the foundation's trust added an additional 200,000 shares to its portfolio.2)
COVID-19
Serco was contracted by the Government of Western Australia to operate the Centre for National Resilience Perth in the Bullsbrook suburb of Perth, Australia.3)
External links
1)
Ingersoll, A. (2019, July 23). Gates Foundation Trust Ups Stake in U.K. Prison Firm. Bloomberg. http://archive.today/2020.05.01-105723/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/gates-foundation-trust-ups-stake-in-u-k-private-prison-company
2)
Kennedy, Jr., R. F. (2020, December 11). Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here’s the Proof. Children’s Health Defense. http://archive.today/2020.12.11-221234/https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/yes-bill-gates-said-that/?itm_term=home
3)
Raphael, A. (2022, August 21). Taxpayers to fork out $13m for empty quarantine facility in Western Australia. News.com.au. http://archive.today/2023.05.12-235258/https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/taxpayers-to-fork-out-13m-for-empty-quarantine-facility-in-western-australia/news-story/5ee59b87e85c62ebb55496afeaa9ff83