Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. What are the odds?
Cascade appears to own about 31% of republic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Investment
Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding and investment company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. It is controlled by Bill Gates, and managed by Michael Larson.[1] More than half of Gates' fortune is held in assets outside his holding of Microsoft shares.[2]Cascade is the successor company to Dominion Income Management, the former investment vehicle for Gates' holdings, which was managed by Andrew Evans.[3]