Buffett stated that since January 1 of this year, he has meticulously reviewed a substantial amount of material concerning the Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein affair, including Gates' sworn testimony before Congress and the records of cross-examination.
巴菲特表示,自今年1月1日以来,他仔细研读了大量关于比尔·盖茨与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦事件的资料,包括盖茨在国会宣誓后所作的证词及交叉质询记录。
He further noted that Gates ultimately severed ties with Epstein.
他进一步指出,盖茨最终与爱泼斯坦断绝了关系。
Buffett stated that Gates was not surprised by the decision he announced on Tuesday — namely, to eventually donate all of his $140 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to foundations associated with his family and his three children (Howard, Susie, and Peter).
巴菲特表示,盖茨对他周二宣布的决定并不感到意外——即最终将其价值1400亿美元的伯克希尔·哈撒韦股票全部捐赠给与其家族及三名子女(霍华德、苏茜和彼得)相关的基金会。
Several weeks ago, Gates flew to Omaha for a conversation with Buffett that lasted several hours.
数周前,盖茨飞往奥马哈,与巴菲特进行了长达数小时的交谈。
Prior to that, the two had barely communicated since the federal government began releasing Epstein investigation documents and more details about Gates's interactions with Epstein came to light.
此前,自联邦政府开始公布爱泼斯坦调查文件、更多关于盖茨与爱泼斯坦交往的细节曝光以来,两人几乎未曾有过交流。
In a statement, Gates noted: “His wisdom, generosity, and profound sense of purpose defined his life and philanthropic work.
盖茨在一份声明中指出:“他的智慧、慷慨和深厚的使命感定义了他的人生和慈善事业。
Over the past two decades, his nearly $50 billion in support to the Gates Foundation was unprecedented, helping to save millions of lives.”
过去二十年来,他对盖茨基金会近500亿美元的支持是前所未有的,帮助挽救了数百万人的生命。”
Buffett hopes that his holdings of Berkshire shares can be distributed more quickly than he previously mentioned—that is, fully disposed of by the end of 2034.
巴菲特希望其持有的伯克希尔股票能以比他此前所提及的更快的速度分配完毕——即在2034年底前悉数处置。
To achieve this, he must substantially increase his annual donation amount, bringing it to over 17 billion US dollars.
为此,他必须大幅提高每年的捐赠金额,使其超过170亿美元。
Currently, he donates approximately $6 billion annually to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the foundations run by his children—the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.
目前,他每年向苏珊·汤普森·巴菲特基金会及其子女运营的舍伍德基金会、霍华德·G·巴菲特基金会和诺沃基金会捐赠约60亿美元。
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.
巴菲特周三下午向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件显示,他前一天已向这些基金会捐赠了总计1200万股伯克希尔B类股票。
The vast majority of his donations have been channelled into a foundation named after his late wife, an institution that is highly likely to become one of the largest organisations of its kind in the world in the near future.
其捐赠的绝大部分资金已注入以其亡妻命名的基金会,该机构极有可能在不久的将来跃升为全球规模最大的同类组织之一。
Furthermore, around Thanksgiving each year, Buffett makes additional donations to his family foundations.
此外,巴菲特每年临近感恩节之际,还会向其家族基金会追加捐赠。
He stated that upon his death, a new foundation would be established to allocate the remaining shares, and his children must unanimously agree on the destinations of the donations.
他表示,去世后将成立一个新基金会来分配剩余股份,其子女必须一致同意捐赠去向。
He hopes that his children will make these decisions before he passes away or becomes incapacitated by age, noting that his eldest daughter will be approaching 81 years old in eight years.
他希望子女能在自己去世或变得衰老之前做出这些决定,而他最大的女儿在八年后将年近81岁。
Buffett plans to accelerate the donation of his wealth over the next eight years, rather than completing it within a decade after his death as previously planned, which means that Berkshire Hathaway's successor, Greg Abel, will no longer be able to rely on the Buffett family's support as the company's largest shareholder for as long as anticipated.
巴菲特计划在未来八年内加速捐赠其财富,而非如先前所规划的于去世后十年内完成,这意味着伯克希尔·哈撒韦的继任者格雷格·阿贝尔将无法再像预期那样长期依赖巴菲特家族作为公司最大股东的支持。
Currently, Buffett holds 188,290 Class A shares, controlling nearly 30% of the voting rights.
目前,巴菲特持有188,290股A类股票,控制着近30%的投票权。
However, Buffett explicitly stated that Berkshire's substantial investment in Google's parent company—whose value has surged significantly over the past year—was spearheaded by him personally, rather than being an investment vehicle selected by Abel, even though Abel endorsed the decision.
然而,巴菲特明确指出,伯克希尔对谷歌母公司的大规模投资——其价值在过去一年中大幅攀升——是由他本人主导,而非阿贝尔所选定的投资标的,尽管阿贝尔对此表示赞同。
Just last month, after having previously tripled its stake in the company, Berkshire agreed to invest an additional $10 billion in Alphabet.
就在上月,伯克希尔在先前将其在该公司的持股比例提升三倍之后,又同意向Alphabet追加投资100亿美元。