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    LIVEWarren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares
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    Berkshire Hathaway

    Berkshire Hathaway is a company whose shares Warren Buffett pledged to the Gates Foundation in 2006 and plans to give away by December 31, 2034.

    Chairman
    Warren Buffett

    Key facts

    Buffett's personal holdings after the July 2026 transfer
    188,290 Class A shares and 1,162 Class B sharessource
    Value of that stake, per InvestmentNews
    more than $140 billionsource
    Class B shares pledged to the Gates Foundation in June 2006
    10 millionsource
    Class A to Class B conversion, June 27, 2025
    8,239 Class A shares became 12,358,500 Class B sharessource
    Class B common stock par value
    $0.0033 per sharesource
    Buffett personal stake after the July 2026 transfer
    188,290 Class A and 1,162 Class B shares, worth more than $140 billionsource

    WYDE coverage of Berkshire Hathaway

    WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Berkshire Hathaway, from Oct 26, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026. Berkshire Hathaway is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares.

    Philanthropy

    Warren Buffett Left Gates Foundation Out in 2026 and Gives Family Foundations 12 Million Shares

    Warren Buffett announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the NoVo Foundation in July 2026. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is not a recipient.

    Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

    Philanthropy

    Warren Buffett Plans to Give About $140 Billion in Berkshire Stock to Four Family Foundations by 2034

    In July 2026, Warren Buffett, then 95, announced nearly $6 billion in Berkshire stock for four family foundations and plans to give his remaining stock, worth about $140 billion, by December 31, 2034. None of the July gifts went to the Gates Foundation.

    Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story

    Reported alongside Berkshire Hathaway

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