Buffett Ends Gates Donations Amid Epstein Fallout

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Warren Buffett confirmed he has ‌stopped donating money to the Gates Foundation, following revelations about interactions between the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Buffett ‌said Tuesday he is ​donating about $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock, comprising 12 million Class ⁠B shares, to four family foundations overseen ​by his daughter Susie and sons Howard and ⁠Peter.

He also said he will donate his remaining Berkshire shares "one way or the other" to ‌the four foundations by December ​31, 2034.

The 95-year-old Berkshire ‌chairman did not mention the Gates Foundation, which has ‌received more than $47 billion of the conglomerate's stock since Buffett in 2006 made what ⁠he called an irrevocable ‌pledge to ⁠donate shares throughout his lifetime.

Buffett's donation was more ⁠than $4.5 ⁠billion last year.

Bill Gates told members of Congress in ‌June that he "did not fully understand the extent" of Epstein's crimes when he associated with the ‌late ​convicted sex ‌offender to raise money for his philanthropic foundation.

Gates also testified that he never ​witnessed any criminal conduct from Epstein.

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