- Warren Buffett has donated $ 6 billion. The latest contribution to the philanthropy went a lot to the Gates Foundation, and the remains to go to the aid run by his children.
Warren Buffett has released a large part of his wealth since he started distributing it in 2006.
The recent CEO of Berkshire Hathaway He has donated 12.36 million Berkshire B -class, worth $ 6 billion, to the Gates Foundation and four family charities. The Gates Foundation received many shares, and a gift of 9.43 million.
Of the remaining shares around 3 million, 943,384 went to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. And 660,366 shares were given three grants led by his children: Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation (operated by the daughter of Susie) and the Novo Foundation (run by his son Peter).
Buffett, 94, contributed $ 5.3 billion in stock in June last year and distributed another billion $ 1.14 last NovemberIn what has been a culture of his gratitude.
“The time of the father always wins,” he wrote in November. “But he can be tough – it is really not even cruel and even cruel – sometimes he ends life at birth or immediately later, sometimes, waiting for a century or so before visiting. To this day, I have been very lucky, but, before a long time, he will surround me.”
Buffett, last month, announced that he would go down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at the end of the year. In a a reassure of his willHe noted that the contributions to the Gates Foundation will end following his death, and his wealth will be shut down with a new trust that will be managed by his children – and three must decide on agreement on how the money is distributed, he said.
Buffett is currently listed as the eighth richest man in the world on Bloomberg billionaire indexand worth $ 152 billion.