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本人在此特表敬意！ Buffett donates $37 billion; mostly to Gates Foundation In what is believed to be the largest charitable gift made in the United States, the world's second richest man Warren Buffet plans to donate the bulk of his $44-billion (Rs 202,840 crore) fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The donations, outlined in a series of letters Buffett released on Sunday, represent a singular and historic act of charitable giving that vaults him into the top tier of industrialists and entrepreneurs like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, J Paul Getty, W K Kellogg and Bill Gates. The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to give away 85 per cent of his fortune, or about $37.4 billion (Rs 172,414 crore), all in Berkshire stock. Of that amount, he will channel the greatest share, about $31 billion (Rs 142,910 crore), into the Gates Foundation. The announcement comes weeks after the world's richest man and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates himself decided to step down from his daily duties at the IT giant by 2008 to devote more time to his philanthropy foundation. The Gates Foundation, dedicated to improving health and education, especially in poor nations, is already the US' largest grant-making foundation, with current assets of almost $30 billion, the New York Times reported. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest charity with assets worth more than $29 billion. Buffett's huge contribution may permanently solidify that philanthropy's standing as the biggest and most influential organisation of its kind. Buffett will join Gates as a trustee of their foundation, the paper said. The immense size of the assets at the disposal of the Gates Foundation as a result of the partnership is apparent when compared with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which had a budget of $610 million for 2004-05, the report said. The Gates Foundation made $1.36 billion in grant payments in 2005. At a minimum, Buffett's contribution may eventually allow the foundation to more than double that amount annually once he transfers all of his stock, the NYT said. However, Buffett's contribution will not be made all at once, but rather in 5 per cent annual increments. Moreover, the distribution could change in an as-yet unspecified way if Buffett dies before the entire sum is paid. The terms of the donation also require the continued active participation of at least one of the Gateses for the payments to continue, the report said. The second-largest charitable foundation in the country is the Ford Foundation, with an endowment of $11.6 billion. Buffet, 75, and Gates, 50, the NYT said, have become close business associates and confidants since they met in 1991, and the linking of their fortunes and their legacies through the Gates Foundation marks the latest twist in their friendship. In addition to travelling together and playing online bridge games, the two men routinely seek out each other's advice on personal and business matters, the paper said. -- PTI |
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2006-06-27, 09:09
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这位现年73岁的老人出生于纽约穷人区布鲁克林的一个穷人家庭，但后来却成长为他那个时代最成功的经理人。他说他将把退休时光用在把财富花到慈善事业上去。 在接受《花旗追击》杂志的采访时，维尔说：“希望我们在散尽钱财方面与我们在市场上追逐钱财一样聪明。”在谈到自己计划投身于慈善事业时，他幽默地说：“那是我和上帝达成的交易，我希望他会给予我们时间。”他还表示，在他的自传中他将强调慈善事业和生意一样重要，并引用他妻子乔尼埃的话说：“钱财不能带进棺材。” 维尔并不是唯一将余生贡献给慈善事业的亿万富翁。上周，比尔.盖茨先生就曾表示他计划从日复一日的管理软件帝国的繁忙工作中隐退下来，专心于他和妻子共同创建的总价值高达288亿美元的慈善基金会。这个世界上最大规模的慈善基金致力于医疗研究和教育事业。 目前，维尔先生参与的慈善事业已经有四项，这四个非盈利组织分别是卡内基.哈尔基金会、维尔医学院、国立研究院基金会和鼓励法人行善委员会。国立研究院基金会致力于帮助培训学生到金融服务、IT和旅游业去工作。虽然他长久以来就一直就参加该基金会的慈善活动，但在得知比尔.盖茨夫妇捐出了500万美元后，他也捐了500万美元。 当维尔先生今年4月份从花旗集团隐退时，他得到了美国著名的民权运动领袖杰西.杰克逊的赞誉。他退休后每年可领取100万美元的退休金。 在美国慈善家数不胜数，其中最著名的有三个： 一是比尔和梅琳达.盖茨夫妇。到目前为止，微软帝国的创始人盖茨夫妇已经捐出了288亿美元，致力于促进全球医疗研究和教育事业。盖茨不久将专心于该基金会。 二是乔治.索罗斯。他不仅是投资大亨，也被称为世界金融大鳄。这位亿万富翁已经捐出了超过40亿美元，其中大都投向了东欧地区。 三是安德鲁.卡内基。这位苏格兰出生的美国商人在他1919年辞世前共捐出了3.5亿美元。(周梦) |
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与防伪无关的贴:Buffet 捐赠370亿美元给慈善基金
