Buffett Donates $2.6 Billion In Berkshire Hathaway Shares to Gates Foundation, Other Charities.

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      The article highlights Warren Buffett's donation track record. He donated 2.6 billion U.S. dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gaes Foundation and other charities with Gates Foundation receiving majority of the donation. As a leading advocate for philanthropy, he launched The Giving Pledge in 2010 with Bill Gates encouraging the world's wealthy to commit to date 50% of their fortunes to philanthropy. He received the inaugural Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy in June 2013.