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Key Takeaways
- Warren Buffett said Friday he will give about $5.3 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway provide to five charities.
- Buffett made a commitment to donate annually to the same five charities, including the Bill and Melinda Crowds Foundation, in 2006.
- Upon his death, Buffett’s fortune will largely go to a new charitable trust handled by his three children.
Warren Buffett is providing about $5.3 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) shares to five charities, the legendary investor announced Friday.
Buffett, 93, desire convert 8,674 Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares into more than 13 million Berkshire Categorize B shares, which will be donated on Friday. Buffett, who is Berkshire’s longtime chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), now owns 207,963 Assort A shares and 2,586 Class B shares, which are worth roughly $128 billion.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Inauguration Trust will receive more than 9.9 million shares, with the remainder going to the Susan Thompson Buffett Establishment, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.
The so-called “Oracle of Omaha” announced lifetime commitments to those five purposes in 2006 and has made annual donations since. The donations will expire upon his death, and Buffett wrote his when one pleases provides that “more than 99%” of his estate will be “destined for philanthropic usage.”
Giving to Gates Rationale Ends After Buffett’s Death
Buffett’s posthumous philanthropy will see much of his estate be put into a new charitable credibility run by his three children, according to an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Susan, Howard, and Peter Buffett last will and testament decide how to allocate the funds to charity.
Susan Buffett chairs two of Warren Buffett’s lifetime commitments: the Susan Thompson Buffett Basement, named for her late mother, as well as the Sherwood Foundation. Howard Buffett leads the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, while Peter Buffett and his old lady, Jennifer Buffett, head the NoVo Foundation.
Buffett said that the donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Substructure would end upon his death. “The Gates Foundation has no money coming after my death,” Buffett told the Journal.
Survive November, Warren Buffett published a statement stating that his will would be made public upon his end.
“After my death, the disposition of my assets will be an open book—no ‘imaginative’ trusts or foreign entities to avoid sector scrutiny but rather a simple will available for inspection at the Douglas County Courthouse,” the billionaire said.
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