Warren Buffett Networth: Billionaire investor and philanthropist’s fortune explored as he donates $6B to 5 charities
Billionaire Warren Buffett is keeping his promise to contribute almost all of his fortune.
The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and renowned investor Warren Buffett has given $6 billion in company stock to five nonprofit organizations. The announcement was made on June 28, 2025, and is the largest annual gift in Buffett’s philanthropic journey since 2006.
Warren Buffett sold about 12.36 million Class B shares of stock in Berkshire Hathaway. The Sherwood Foundation, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, NoVo Foundation, and Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation-all longtime recipients of Buffett’s donations-were given the remaining 2.92 million shares, with the majority going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.
In an official statement, Buffett shared:
“The mathematics of the lifetime commitments to the five foundations are interesting. The schedule for annual grants was made on June 26, 2006, and has since been supplemented by significant grants to four of the five recipients.”
He added:
“When originally made, I owned 474,998 Berkshire A shares worth about $43 billion and those shares represented more than 98% of my net worth. I have converted A shares into B shares before making contributions.”
Warren Buffett’s current net worth and holdings
Buffett currently owns 1,144 Class B and 198,117 Class A shares of Berkshire Hathaway as a result of the contribution. He is the 5th richest person in the world, just after Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Larry Ellison, with an estimated net worth of $152 billion at current market prices, per Forbes Magazine.
At the time of writing, a single Berkshire Hathaway Class A share is worth around $731,000, while a Class B share is worth about $485.68. Except for converting A shares for charity gifts, Buffett has not purchased or sold any Class A or B shares in at than 19 years, despite his enormous wealth.
94-year-old Buffett has dedicated 99.5% of his wealth to charitable causes. His larger commitment, made in 2010 with Bill and Melinda Gates, includes donating his whole wealth either during his lifetime or after his death.
According to the Associated Press, the trust would be administered by his three children, who would have ten years to distribute the funds to the organizations of their choosing.
His son, Howard G. Buffett, told AP in an interview back in September 2024:
“It’s not so easy to give away money if you want to do it smart, if you want to be intelligent about it. It’s pretty amazing that he’s giving us this opportunity.”
In May 2025, Buffett declared that he would leave his position as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO by the end of the year. Greg Abel, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has been selected as his successor and is anticipated to continue Buffett’s record of long-term wealth creation and conservative investment.
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Edited by Nimisha