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Warren Buffet donates $3.6 billion of Berkshire shares to 5 charities including Gates Foundation

R Sinduja

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The world's 4th wealthiest person Warren Buffet is donating $3.6 billion of Berkshire Hathway INc shares to 5 charities including Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This donation will boost the total amount Buffet has given to the charities to more than $34.5 billion since he pledged in 2006 to give his shares away. Four-fifths of the donations go to Gates Foundation. Buffet has a net worth of more than $87 billion.