Buffett donates nearly $2.9B to Gates, family charities

Posted online July 15, 2016 | 11:29 am

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, donated another roughly $2.9 billion worth of shares in his company to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities.

The donation marks Buffett's 11th annual giveaway.

The Gates Foundation received 14.96 million of the 19.61 million shares donated.

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