Warren Buffett Drops Gates Foundation From Nearly $6B In Donations—First Time In 20 Years

Warren Buffett Drops Gates Foundation From Nearly $6B In Donations—First Time In 20 Years

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Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his midyear donations for the first time since 2006, opting instead to donate thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shares worth almost $6 billion to four foundations run by his children.

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