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The Economic Times
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Warren Buffett cuts off donations to Gates Foundation following Epstein revelations

Warren Buffett has stopped donating to the Gates Foundation, ending a two-decade philanthropic partnership following revelations about interactions between Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the late sex ​offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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

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