Warren Buffet Pledges$2.9 Billion to NoVo Foundation and Others
The billionaire investor gave away $2.9 billion worth of stock in his holding company Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA), according to an official filing Thursday. He's now made a huge donation 11 years in a row.
This year, Buffett is giving 19.6 million Class B shares to five charities. The bulk of the money, $2.2 billion, will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Four other charities with links to the Buffett family will share the rest: Buffett's education-focused charity, which is named after his late wife Susan; the Nebraska-based Sherwood Foundation, chaired by their daughter; the Howard G. Buffett Foundation chaired by his son; and the NoVo Foundation, headed by Buffett's youngest son Peter...