Buffett Drops Gates Foundation From Annual Berkshire Donations for First Time in 20 Years
- Warren Buffett announced his annual mid-year donation of Berkshire Hathaway stock — roughly $6 billion — will go exclusively to four family-linked foundations, omitting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the first time in two decades (CNBC, BBC).
- The change follows recent reports about Bill Gates's past interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, marking a notable shift in one of U.S. philanthropy’s largest annual transfers.
- Buffett, who has steadily wound down his Berkshire holdings in recent years, has been the single largest outside donor to the Gates Foundation since 2006.