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Buffett explains why his children, rather than the Gates Foundation, will manage the entirety of his wealth donation.

Buffett explains why his children, rather than the Gates Foundation, will manage the entirety of his wealth donation.

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July 16th, 2026

Buffett explains why his children, rather than the Gates Foundation, will manage the entirety of his wealth donation.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett stated on Wednesday that his decision to exclude the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from his charitable giving plan was primarily because he believes his three children are prepared to manage the donation of his entire fortune, rather than due to Bill Gates' association with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

億萬富翁沃倫·巴菲特週三表示,他決定將比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會排除在其慈善捐贈計劃之外,主要是因為他認為自己的三個子女已準備好處理其全部財富的捐贈,而非比爾·蓋茨與已定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·愛潑斯坦的關聯。

Buffett told CNBC that Gates's association with Epstein was 'repugnant,' but the 95-year-old investor implied that Gates's actions were not vastly different from his own mistakes over the years in hiring unsuitable personnel or choosing friends.

巴菲特向CNBC表示,蓋茨與愛潑斯坦的關聯「令人反感」,但這位95歲的投資者暗示,蓋茨的行為與他自己多年來在僱用不當人員或選擇朋友方面所犯的錯誤,並無太大差別。

"In the process of selecting talent, no one can guarantee infallibility," Buffett stated on CNBC.

「在甄選人才的過程中,無人能保證萬無一失,」巴菲特於CNBC上如此表示。

Buffett stated that he "has read extensively about what transpired between Bill and Epstein since January 1st.

巴菲特表示,他「自1月1日起閱讀了大量關於比爾與愛潑斯坦之間發生的事情。

I have read his sworn testimony to Congress, as well as the content of the cross-examination."

我讀了他向國會作出的宣誓證詞,也讀了交叉質詢的內容。」

He pointed out that Gates ultimately ended his association with Epstein.

他指出,蓋茨最終終止了與愛潑斯坦的往來。

Buffett stated that Gates was not surprised by the decision he announced on Tuesday—a decision to donate all of his remaining $140 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock to foundations associated with his family and his three children (Howard, Susie, and Peter).

巴菲特表示,蓋茨對他週二宣布的決定並不感到意外——該決定是將他剩餘的1400億美元伯克希爾·哈撒韋股票悉數捐贈給與其家庭及三名子女(霍華德、蘇西與彼得)相關的基金會。

Several weeks earlier, Gates had flown to Omaha for a meeting with Buffett that lasted several hours.

數週前,蓋茨曾飛抵奧馬哈,與巴菲特進行了長達數小時的會談。

Before the federal government began releasing Epstein investigation documents, revealing further details about the relationship between Gates and Epstein, the two had rarely communicated.

在聯邦政府開始公布愛潑斯坦調查文件,揭露蓋茨與愛潑斯坦之間更多細節之前,兩人已鮮少交流。

Gates has stated that he met with Epstein solely because he believed it might help raise funds for philanthropic causes, and that he was completely unaware of the criminal activities Epstein was engaged in at the time.

蓋茨曾表示,他與愛潑斯坦會面僅因他認為此舉可能有助於為慈善事業籌措資金,且他對愛潑斯坦當時正在進行的犯罪行為一無所知。

Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls and was found dead in a Manhattan federal detention facility in August 2019.

愛潑斯坦被控對數十名未成年少女實施性虐待,2019年8月被發現死於曼哈頓聯邦拘留所。

The New York City medical examiner subsequently ruled his death a suicide.

紐約市法醫其後判定其死因為自殺。

Gates praised Buffett as "one of the greatest philanthropists of all time, as well as a close friend," and expressed a desire to spend more time with him in the future.

蓋茨稱讚巴菲特為「史上最偉大的慈善家之一,亦為其摯友」,並表示希望未來能與巴菲特有更多相處時間。

"His wisdom, generosity, and profound sense of purpose defined his life and philanthropic endeavors.

「他的智慧、慷慨以及深刻的使命感定義了他的人生與慈善事業。

Over the past two decades, his support of nearly $50 billion to the Gates Foundation was unprecedented, an act that saved millions of lives," Gates stated in a press release.

過去二十年間,他對蓋茨基金會近500億美元的支持可謂史無前例,此舉挽救了數百萬人的性命,」蓋茨在一份聲明中表示。

In 2024, Buffett stated that he plans to cease donations to the Gates Foundation after his death, leaving his three children to decide how to allocate his remaining wealth.

巴菲特於2024年表示,他計劃在去世後停止向蓋茨基金會捐款,並讓他的三名子女決定如何分配其剩餘財富。

The Gates Foundation will still possess substantial resources: as of the end of last year, its endowment was valued at nearly 90 billion US dollars, and Gates has pledged to donate almost all of his remaining wealth to the foundation.

蓋茨基金會仍將擁有雄厚資源:截至去年底,其捐贈基金價值近900億美元,且蓋茨已承諾將幾乎所有剩餘財富捐給該基金會。

In other reports from CNBC, Buffett disclosed that he had recently suffered a broken leg due to a fall and underwent surgery, but he stated that his recovery was progressing quite favorably.

在CNBC的其他報導中,巴菲特透露他近期不慎摔斷腿並接受了手術,但他表示復原狀況相當理想。

Buffett stated that he wishes the distribution of his Berkshire shares to be completed at a faster pace than previously instructed, specifically by the end of 2034.

巴菲特表示,他希望其持有的伯克希爾股票能按照比先前指示更快的速度完成分配,即在2034年底之前。

To achieve this goal, he must substantially increase his annual donation amount, bringing it to over 17 billion US dollars per year.

為達成此目標,他必須大幅提高每年的捐贈金額,使其達到每年超過170億美元。

Currently, he donates approximately $6 billion annually to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the foundations operated by his children—the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.

目前,他每年向蘇珊·湯普森·巴菲特基金會及其子女運營的基金會(舍伍德基金會、霍華德·G·巴菲特基金會和諾沃基金會)捐贈約60億美元。

A filing submitted by Buffett to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday afternoon revealed that he had donated a total of 12 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock to these foundations the previous day.

巴菲特週三下午向美國證券交易委員會提交的文件顯示,他前一天已向這些基金會捐贈了總計1200萬股伯克希爾B類股票。

The majority of these funds will be donated to a foundation named after his late wife, which is highly likely to quickly rank among the foremost organizations of its kind globally.

其中大部分款項將捐贈予以其已故妻子命名的基金會,該基金會極有可能迅速躋身全球同類組織之最。

Furthermore, around Thanksgiving each year, Buffett also makes additional donations to his family foundations.

此外,巴菲特每年感恩節前後亦會向其家族基金會提供額外捐贈。

He has stated that upon his death, a new foundation will be established to distribute his remaining shares, and his children must reach a consensus before they can decide on the recipients of the donations.

他曾表示,待他去世後,將設立一個新基金會來分配其剩餘持股,而其子女必須達成共識,方能決定捐贈對象。

He expects his children to make these decisions before he becomes senile or passes away, and his eldest daughter will be nearly eighty-one years old in eight years.

他期望子女能在他衰老或辭世前做出這些決策,而他的長女在八年後將年近八十一歲。

Buffett's accelerated donation plan—completing his wealth transfer within the next eight years rather than over the decade following his death—means that his successor at Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel, will not be able to rely on the Buffett family as the company's largest shareholder for as long as he had originally anticipated.

巴菲特加速捐贈計劃——即在未來八年內而非逝世後十年內完成財富捐贈——意味著其伯克希爾·哈撒韋的接班人格雷格·阿貝爾,將無法如他原先所預期的那樣,長期仰賴巴菲特家族作為公司最大股東的支撐。

Buffett currently holds 188,290 Class A shares, commanding nearly 30% of the voting rights.

巴菲特目前持有188,290股A類股票,掌控著近30%的投票權。

Nevertheless, Buffett stated that he firmly believes Abel is the right person to lead the conglomerate he founded, and that "this fact is becoming increasingly evident."

儘管如此,巴菲特仍表示,他堅信阿貝爾是領導他所創立之企業集團的合適人選,且「此一事實日益顯著」。

Nevertheless, Buffett did point out that Berkshire's substantial investment in Google's parent company—an investment whose value has grown significantly over the past year—was initiated by him, rather than chosen by Abel, even though Abel consented to it.

然而,巴菲特確實指出,伯克希爾對谷歌母公司的大額投資——該投資在過去一年中價值顯著增長——是由他發起,而非阿貝爾所選擇的,儘管阿貝爾對此投資表示同意。

Just last month, after having previously tripled its stake, Berkshire agreed to invest an additional $10 billion in Alphabet.

就在上個月,伯克希爾在先前將持股增加兩倍後,又同意向Alphabet追加投資100億美元。

An earlier version of this article misspelled Warren Buffett's name in the headline.

本文先前版本之標題誤將沃倫·巴菲特之名拼寫錯誤。

July 16th, 2026

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