Okholwayo wenyama yenkohliso uBill Gates wayesazi ukuba i-Beyond Meat hype ifikelele kwincopho yayo.Ifoto nguRamin Talaie / Getty Izithombe Kwiinyanga nje ezintathu ezidlulileyo, umvelisi wenyama esekwe kwisityalo ngaphandle kweNyama yayiyeyona nto intle kakhulu kwintengiso ye-IPO yalo nyaka. Izabelo zayo, ezinamaxabiso angama- $ 25 ngosuku lwe-IPO, zonyuke phantse amaxesha ali-10 kwisithuba seenyanga ezimbini zokurhweba. Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-boom yafika kwincopho yayo ngeli hlobo kwaye sele ikwimeko engathandekiyo.
Kodwa ukuwa kwesitokhwe akuzange kubenzakalise abaxhasi abadumileyo bangaphambili be-Meat kakhulu njengabatyali mali abacingelayo abathenga kwi-hype kuphela ukuze bazifumane bencamathele ezantsi. Abaphathi bemali bakaBill Gates, umzekelo, babenobuchule ngokwaneleyo ukuba baphume kwisikhundla ngaphambi kokuqala kwengozi enkulu.
IBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, elawula imali kwiGates Foundation ukuqinisekisa ukuba isisa senza ingeniso eyoneleyo yokuhlawula izibonelelo zonyaka, zithengise ngaphezulu kwe- $ 24 yezigidi zeBeyond Meat stock kwikota yesithathu, iseti yakutshanje Iifayile ze-SEC ngokuthembela nangaphaya kwenyama etyhiliweyo.
Kwimbumbulu yomenzi wenyama Ukufayilisha ukulungiswa kwe-S-1 yomhla kaJulayi 31, amaziko alawulwa nguBill Gates adlulise izabelo ezingama-252,000 ze-Beyond Meat stock kwiBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust ngoJulayi. Itrust ke ithengise i-128,737 yezabelo kwinkampani yesibini enikezela esidlangalaleni ngo-Agasti 1 ngeedola ezili-160, ezishiya umbutho unezabelo ezili-123,263.
Kodwa ukufayilwa yiGates Foundation Trust nge-14 kaNovemba ibonise ukuba i-trust ibambe kuphela izabelo ezingama-96,542 Beyond Meat ngoSeptemba 30, okuthetha ukuba ithengise izabelo ezingama-26,721 ze-Beyond Meat kwikota yesithathu ukongeza kwintengiselwano echaziweyo ngo-Agasti 1.
Ixabiso lesabelo apho iGates Foundation Trust ithengise khona izabelo ezongezelelweyo zinokubakho naphi na phakathi kwe- $ 148 kunye ne- $ 176, isenza isibonda sixabise ukusuka kwi-4 yezigidi ukuya kwi-4.7 yezigidi. Ngaphaya kwezabelo zenyama ngoku zithengisa nge- $ 76.
UBill Gates ngomnye wabantu abadumileyo (kunye nomlingisi uJessica Chastain, uJay Z nabanye) exhasa ishishini lenyama elinyukayo elisekwe kwizityalo. Ngaphandle kweNyama, i-bilionea ikwangumtyali mali kwangoko kwi-Impossible Foods, ekuthiwa inika i-IPO kungekudala.
