對于許多人而言,感恩節是和家人朋友在一起大吃大喝的節日。但對于沃倫·巴菲特來說,感恩節是向他最喜歡的慈善機構捐款的日子。
作為伯克希爾-哈撒韋(Berkshire Hathaway)的老板,巴菲特向四個家族基金會捐款約8.7億美元。他從2006年就堅持進行這種慈善捐款。(去年他向四個基金會捐款7.5億美元。)
約150萬股伯克希爾哈撒韋的股票,將被捐贈給以巴菲特妻子的名字命名的蘇珊·湯普森·巴菲特基金會(Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation)。剩余的約900,000股將由他的子女經營的三家慈善組織舍伍德基金會(Sherwood Foundation)、霍華德·G·巴菲特基金會(Howard G. Buffett Foundation)和諾沃基金會(NoVo Foundation)平分。
巴菲特寫道:“在感恩節,我有很多值得感恩的事情……我的三個孩子現在已經65歲到70歲的年紀,這讓做父親的我很難相信。多年來,他們的基金會發放了大量善款,偶爾會向相同的受捐助人捐款。但通常情況下,這三家基金會資助的方向不同。”
巴菲特補充道,感恩節捐款是他對過去17年所作承諾的補充,而且他會堅持這樣做,直到自己去世。(巴菲特說他感覺很好,但“我完全知道自己正在打加時賽。”)
根據彭博億萬富翁指數(Bloomberg Billionaires Index),巴菲特是全球第九大富豪,個人凈資產總額為1,210億美元。
在感恩節捐款之前,巴菲特已經在6月捐款約50億美元。自2006年以來,他捐出了500多億美元,這個數字已經超過了他在17年前開始捐款時的凈資產。
巴菲特一直明確表示希望捐出自己的億萬身家。2006年,他對《財富》雜志表示,他沒有將全部遺產留給子女的打算。他說道:“有錢人應該留給子女做事的本錢,而不是無所事事的本錢。”
他的子女現在都已經可以領取社會保障金。在巴菲特去世后,他們會一起捐出父親的財富。巴菲特表示,他們這樣做的時候需要達成一致。至于伯克希爾,巴菲特說道:“我們有合適的CEO繼任者,有優秀的董事會。這兩者缺一不可。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
對于許多人而言,感恩節是和家人朋友在一起大吃大喝的節日。但對于沃倫·巴菲特來說,感恩節是向他最喜歡的慈善機構捐款的日子。
作為伯克希爾-哈撒韋(Berkshire Hathaway)的老板,巴菲特向四個家族基金會捐款約8.7億美元。他從2006年就堅持進行這種慈善捐款。(去年他向四個基金會捐款7.5億美元。)
約150萬股伯克希爾哈撒韋的股票,將被捐贈給以巴菲特妻子的名字命名的蘇珊·湯普森·巴菲特基金會(Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation)。剩余的約900,000股將由他的子女經營的三家慈善組織舍伍德基金會(Sherwood Foundation)、霍華德·G·巴菲特基金會(Howard G. Buffett Foundation)和諾沃基金會(NoVo Foundation)平分。
巴菲特寫道:“在感恩節,我有很多值得感恩的事情……我的三個孩子現在已經65歲到70歲的年紀,這讓做父親的我很難相信。多年來,他們的基金會發放了大量善款,偶爾會向相同的受捐助人捐款。但通常情況下,這三家基金會資助的方向不同。”
巴菲特補充道,感恩節捐款是他對過去17年所作承諾的補充,而且他會堅持這樣做,直到自己去世。(巴菲特說他感覺很好,但“我完全知道自己正在打加時賽。”)
根據彭博億萬富翁指數(Bloomberg Billionaires Index),巴菲特是全球第九大富豪,個人凈資產總額為1,210億美元。
在感恩節捐款之前,巴菲特已經在6月捐款約50億美元。自2006年以來,他捐出了500多億美元,這個數字已經超過了他在17年前開始捐款時的凈資產。
巴菲特一直明確表示希望捐出自己的億萬身家。2006年,他對《財富》雜志表示,他沒有將全部遺產留給子女的打算。他說道:“有錢人應該留給子女做事的本錢,而不是無所事事的本錢。”
他的子女現在都已經可以領取社會保障金。在巴菲特去世后,他們會一起捐出父親的財富。巴菲特表示,他們這樣做的時候需要達成一致。至于伯克希爾,巴菲特說道:“我們有合適的CEO繼任者,有優秀的董事會。這兩者缺一不可。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Thanksgiving, to many people, is about friends, family and stuffing yourself with an obscene amount of food. For Warren Buffett, it’s a time to line the coffers of his favorite charities.
The head of Berkshire Hathaway has donated roughly $870 million to four family-run foundations, a continuation of the philanthropy he has undertaking since 2006. (Last year, his donations to the four foundations were valued at $750 million.)
Some 1.5 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway are going to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named after his wife. The remaining shares, some 900,000, will be split among the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and NoVo Foundation, three charities run by his children.
“At Thanksgiving I have much to be thankful for… My three children are now—and this is hard for their father to believe—between 65 and 70 years of age,” wrote Buffett. “For some years, their foundations have distributed substantial sums, occasionally to the same donee. Usually, however, the three follow different paths.”
The Thanksgiving donations, Buffett added, supplement the pledges he has made for the past 17 years, which will continue until his death. (Buffett said he feels good, but “I fully realize I am playing in extra innings.”)
Buffett is the world’s ninth-richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a total net worth of $121 billion.
The Thanksgiving donations follow donations of nearly $5 billion in June. Since 2006, he has donated over $50 billion—a figure that exceeds his net worth when he began giving away his holdings 17 years ago.
Buffett has long been clear that he wants to give away his billions of dollars. In 2006, he told Fortune he had no plans to leave his entire estate to his children, saying, “A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing.”
Those now Social Security–eligible children will work together to give away their father’s wealth after his passing. And they’ll need to act unanimously in doing so, he said. As for Berkshire, he said, “We have the right CEO to succeed me and the right Board of Directors as well. Both are needed.”