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| Subject: Circle-Jerk: Buffett donates $3.5 billion to Gates, family charities Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:06 pm | |
| Warren Buffett this week donated US$2.8 billion (S$3.5 billion) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five charities, as part of the billionaire's plan to give away nearly all of his wealth.
ated about 21.73 million Class "B" shares of Berkshire on Monday, a regulatory filing shows. About 16.6 million shares, worth more than US$2.1 billion, went to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on education, health and poverty problems. The remainder went to four family charities, including a foundation named for his late first wife Susan and foundations for his children Howard, Peter and Susan.
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/united-states/story/buffett-donates-35-billion-gates-family-charities-20140716 |
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