Warren Buffett Donates 6 Billion Dollar: Some industrialists of the world are rich as well as kind and keep donating some part of their wealth from time to time. In this sequence, the name of Warren Buffett has come to the fore once again.
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Warren Buffett Donates 6 Billion Dollar in 2025
Warren Buffett has donated an additional $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Gates Foundation and four family charities, his largest annual donation since he began donating his wealth nearly two decades ago.
Warren Buffett Donates 6 Billion Dollar: A Big Donation
The donation of approximately 12.36 million shares of Berkshire Class B shares brought Buffett’s donations to charity to more than $60 billion. Buffett donated 9.43 million shares to the Gates Foundation, 943,384 shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, and 660,366 shares to each of the three charities run by his children Howard, Susie, and Peter. These charities are- Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Sherwood Foundation and NoVo Foundation. However, Warren Buffett still owns 13.8% of Berkshire’s shares.
Warren Buffett 5th Richest Billionaire
According to Forbes magazine, Warren Buffett had a net worth of $152 billion before Friday’s donation. He was the 5th richest person in the world. Buffett will be in sixth place after the donation, which is more than the $5.3 billion he donated last June.
- He also donated an additional $1.14 billion to the family charity in November 2024.
- Donating since 2006: 94 years. Buffett began donating his wealth in 2006. He changed his will last year and gave 99.5% of his remaining wealth after his death to a charitable trust overseen by his children.
- Buffett stock: Let us tell you that Warren Buffett has been leading Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire since 1965. The $1.05 trillion group Berkshire owns nearly 200 businesses and dozens of stocks, including Apple and American Express.
Warren Buffett is donating $6 billion worth of his company's stock to five foundations, bringing the total he has given to them since 2006 to roughly $60 billion
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Warren Buffett’s Future Planning
Recently it was reported that billionaire investor Warren Buffett will remain the chairman of the board of directors even after Greg Abel becomes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway in early 2026. Currently, Buffett is the chairman and CEO of the company, while Abel is its vice chairman.
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