Buffett’s net worth has risen $2.4 billion this year to $111.3 billion. He now tops Zuckerberg by $1 billion, and is at his highest ranking on the Bloomberg index since last March.
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Buffett’s persistent presence among the top rungs of the billionaires index is particularly significant given the amount of money he’s donated over the years: almost $33 billion worth of Berkshire stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2006.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-overtakes-m…
Apart from wanting to gloat, I post this because Buffett has $111b in shares, despite having given away $33b.
But Buffett has given away more than half his shares! That means he could have given away more than 3 times as much to charity, if he had waited.
I’ll remember this story, if my kids ask me for money before I die (although they would have an easy rejoinder: you’re not exactly on track to rival Buffett’s record…)
dtb