Bill Gates donated $ 4,6 billion to charity

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Founder Microsoft Bill Gates made his biggest charity donation in recent 17 years.

He donated 65 million shares of the company to him for charity purposes. Microsoftwhose cost is $ 4,6 billion, writes Bloomberg.

This amount is 5% of its total condition and 38% of its share in Microsoft.

Information about who the shares were transferred to was not disclosed.

Previously, Gates sent most of his donations to a charitable foundation. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationowned by Gates himself and his spouse. Since 1994, spouses have donated a total of about $ 35 billion.

After the transfer of 65 million shares to charity, Gates ’stake in Microsoft decreased to 1,3%. After donating, Gates remains the richest man in the world, his fortune is estimated at $ 86,1 billion.

Gates' largest charitable donation was the amount of $ 16 billion, which he gave in 2000 year.

He was not the only generous philanthropist in 2017; more than a billion dollars were also donated to charity by Warren Buffet and Michael Dell.

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