- Since 2006, he has donated a total of $51 billion.
- Donation of most wealth
- He called America’s capability the American tailwind
The 92-year-old Warren Buffett, who is at the top of the world’s billionaires with a fortune of more than 100 billion dollars, is famous as a rich man who has invested billions all over the world. He has gained popularity as a top donor by donating billions to various social causes in the world. He remains the top philanthropist in the world with the highest donation of 51 billion dollars.
Since 2006, he has donated a total of 51 billion dollars. Recently, shares of his investment and finance company Berkshire Hathaway donated $4.64 billion to five charities. On Wednesday, he donated $13.7 million of Berkshire Hathaway’s class shares, bringing his endowment to $51 billion.
How much donated to which organization?
Buffett has donated 10.45 million shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a total of $39 billion. He has donated 1.05 million shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. The institute is named after his first wife. He gave 2.2 million shares to his children Howard, Susan, Peter and Howard G. Donated to the Buffett Foundation as well as the Sherwood Foundation and the Know Who Foundation. Buffett has begun donating the billions he has built since 1965 through his Berkshire arm in Nomaha, Nebraska.
Buffett has donated more than fifty percent of the shares of his company Berkshire Hathaway. He still owns 15.1 percent of Berkshire, or $112.5 billion worth of shares. Buffett said there is nothing extraordinary about Berkshire. Good decisions and American tailwinds as well as incremental influences have increased my wealth. In addition to Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, more than 240 people are donating to the world including Bloomberg, Larry Ellison, Carl Ichan, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Berkshire owns BNSF Railroad and Zico Car Insurance through Buffett’s $740 billion company
His company, Berkshire Hathaway, has been built into a $740 billion company by buying up businesses like Apple and shares of companies like Apple. He called America’s ability to create long-term wealth even in the midst of war and financial crisis the American tailwind.
