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After 17 years of steady payments, Warren Buffett has to date given annual donations totaling $50.7 billion toward his historic multibillion-dollar pledges to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and to four foundations connected to his family, according to a Chronicle tally. Buffett became the biggest donor in history in June 2006, when he pledged 10 million shares of his Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock, then valued at about $36.1 billion, to the Gates Foundation, plus 1 million Berkshire share
After 17 years, Warren Buffett has given over $50.7bn to philanthropic foundations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four related to his family. After donating 10 million shares of his Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock, valued at $36.1bn, to the Gates Foundation in 2006, he ultimately exceeded his five original pledges of over $43.5bn combined, with annual payments.