Buffett also donated 1.5 million shares Wednesday to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, which is named after his first wife, who died in 2004. The Gates Foundation has donated more than $36 billion, including for projects that expand access to immunizations in developing countries and provide financial services to poor communities. Photo: ReutersNew York: Warren Buffett donated about $2.2 billion of stock in his annual gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, betting that risk takers at the group will make breakthroughs in global health and US education even as they acknowledge that some efforts will be unsuccessful. His three children’s foundations received 1.05 million shares each this week. Through last year, he donated more than $17 billion of stock to the foundation.

Source: Mint July 15, 2016 09:33 UTC