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Warren Buffett Breaks Silence on Bill Gates' Epstein Ties as He Cuts Foundation From $140B Fortune

Warren Buffett ends his association with the Gates Foundation, citing Bill Gates's ties with Jeffrey Epstein as 'distasteful' and entrusting his philanthropic legacy to his children.

International Business Times UK

Buffett says Gates' Epstein ties are 'distasteful' but didn't drive Buffett's charitable decisions

Billionaire Warren Buffett says his decision to cut the Gates Foundation out of his charitable giving is more about believing his three kids are ready to handle giving away his entire fortune than it is about Bill Gates’ ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

Buffett says his children are ready to distribute his fortune, calls Bill Gates' Epstein ties 'distasteful'

In a notable pivot, Warren Buffett is now directing his stock donations from Berkshire Hathaway to his children's charitable foundations. He acknowledged that Bill Gates' controversial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein played a role in his choice. Accelerating his wealth distribution strategy, Buffett aims to complete this endeavor by 2034, with…

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Buffett's Dramatic $6 Billion Decision: Redirects Funds Away from Gates Foundation After Epstein Revelations

Warren Buffett has redirected his $6 billion annual donation from the Gates Foundation to family-run charities, amid scrutiny of Bill Gates's past ties with Jeffrey Epstein

International Business Times UK

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Microsoft's chief AI responsibility officer, Natasha Crampton, tells Euronews about data centres, bridging the digital divide and her definition of AI sovereignty.

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Buffett's $6 billion annual gifts skip Gates foundation after Epstein ties disclosed

Warren Buffett has redirected his annual donations away from Bill Gates' foundation. He will now donate approximately six billion dollars to his family's foundations. Buffett plans to give away his remaining Berkshire Hathaway stock by 2034. This decision accelerates his previous plan for distributing his vast fortune. Gates' foundation acknowledged…

The Economic Times

After donating $48 billion to the Gates Foundation, Warren Buffett is quietly ending one of the biggest philanthropic relationships in history

Buffett is directing his fortune to charitable organizations run by his family instead of the Gates Foundation.

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Warren Buffett stops yearly donation to Gates Foundation over Epstein link: 'Of course, morality is unpredicted but my remaining shares will be...'

Warren Buffett, in a major decision, stopped giving donations to the Gates Foundation over Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' links to dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett was a founding trustee of the Gates Foundation and he started “The Giving Pledge” with Bill Gates and his then-wife Melinda French Gates to…

The Times of India

Buffett Plans to Give Away More in Next 8 Years — Are Trump Accounts Next on His List?

Billionaire Warren Buffett is known for many things, whether its his decades leading Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK)(NYSE:BRK), his investing wisdom or his philanthropic efforts.

Benzinga

Warren Buffett cuts off donations to Gates Foundation following Epstein revelations

Warren Buffett is donating six billion dollars in stock to four family foundations. This significant shift ends a long-standing philanthropic partnership with the Gates Foundation. The decision follows revelations about Bill Gates' past interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett's annual donations have historically supported the Gates Foundation for two decades.

The Economic Times

Warren Buffett omits annual donation to Bill Gates’ foundation after his Epstein ties were disclosed

Billionaire Warren Buffett omitted Bill Gates′ foundation from his annual donations this year after disclosures of the Microsoft co-founder’s ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

Warren Buffett plans to donate entire Berkshire Hathaway stake by 2034

Warren Buffett plans to donate his entire Berkshire Hathaway stake within eight years. He hopes his children will complete the share disposal by December 31, 2034. Buffett converted 8,000 Class A shares into 12 million Class B shares for donation. Four charitable foundations will receive these shares, with the Susan…

The Economic Times

Bill Gates Has Been Grilled About His Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein. Now His Foundation Is Not Receiving a Key Donation

Warren Buffet excluded the Gates Foundation from its annual donation of Berkshire Hathaway stock.

International Business Times

Philanthropy quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "It's important to acknowledge that giving away money your family will never…"

Handing away money you were never going to spend anyway is easy to praise and, according to the person doing it, not actually all that impressive. Melinda French Gates, one of the most prominent philanthropists in the world, said exactly that about her own giving. "It's important to acknowledge that…

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Warren Buffett Suddenly Paused His Billion-Dollar Gifts to Bill Gates: The Reason is Epstein

Warren Buffett has paused his annual billion-dollar gift to the Gates Foundation for the first time in two decades, pending an Epstein review.

International Business Times UK

Who's Richer, Warren Buffett or Bill Gates? Billionaires' Friendship Faces Fresh Test Over Jeffrey Epstein Review

Warren Buffett pauses his annual donation to the Gates Foundation, awaiting an external review of its past ties with Jeffrey Epstein, raising questions about his relationship with Bill Gates.

Fortune

Warren Buffett breaks from a 'lifetime' pledge to the Gates Foundation as the Epstein fallout deepens

Warren Buffett, 95, just paused his billion-dollar Gates Foundation donation over its Epstein review.

Benzinga

Warren Buffett Breaks A 20-Year Tradition As Report Says His Gates Foundation Donation Is Suddenly On Hold Over Epstein Files Review

Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK), has reportedly chosen to delay his usual midyear donation to the Gates Foundation, the philanthropic organization founded by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

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The Independent UK

Trial shows plastic sheet could save thousands bleeding to death during childbirth: ‘Beyond our wildest dreams’

IN FOCUS: A woman dies from postpartum haemorrhage somewhere in the world every 12 minutes, but an innovative plastic drape could save tens of thousands of lives a year. Liz Cookman reports

The Guardian - UK

‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace

The philanthropist always saw Epstein for who he really was – despite his meetings with her then husband Bill Gates. Now carving out a life on her own terms, she explains why she’s focused on the fight for women’s health

France 24

Bill Gates calls Epstein meetings ‘grave error’ while defending actions in House testimony

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday said he made a “grave error in judgment” by meeting Jeffrey Epstein but denied any wrongdoing, as he faced hours of questioning before the US House Oversight Committee about his ties to the disgraced financier. Gates said he should never have met Epstein and…

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Bill Gates testifies about his ties to Epstein, calls meeting him a 'grave error in judgment'

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier

The Independent UK

Bill Gates continued meeting with Jeffrey Epstein years after the financier’s sex-crime conviction and now Congress wants answers

The closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee makes Gates the latest high-profile figure to answer questions as part of the panel’s review of Epstein-related records

The Times of India

Dr Melanie Walker says Donald Trump introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Then she met Bill Gates...

The story matters because Walker appears to have been both a beneficiary of Epstein’s patronage and one of the people who helped him gain access to Gates’s circle after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

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Why Bill Gates Finally Sold Every Microsoft Share

For nearly 50 years, Bill Gates and Microsoft were deeply connected. The company he co-founded with Paul Allen in 1975 changed personal computing forever, built one of the world’s most powerful tech empires, and turned Gates into a global business icon. Even after leaving day-to-day leadership, the Bill & Melinda…

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