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Warren Buffett resigns from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation board – Source CNET Tech

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Warren Buffett, seen with Bill Gates in 2015.


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Warren Buffett is stepping down from the board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he said Wednesday. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman’s move comes during a period of uncertainty for philanthropic organization, after the Gateses announced last month that they are divorcing.

“For years I have been a trustee — an inactive trustee at that — of only one recipient of my funds, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I am now resigning from that post, just as I have done at all corporate boards…

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