{"id":635255,"date":"2026-07-14T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635255"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:25:00","slug":"warren-buffett-cuts-gates-foundation-from-annual-stock-giving-as-epstein-scandal-shadows-over-bill-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635255","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett Cuts Gates Foundation From Annual Stock Giving As Epstein Scandal Shadows Over Bill Gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Warren Buffett Cuts Gates Foundation From Annual Stock Giving As Epstein Scandal Shadows Over Bill Gates <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts for the first time in two decades, as scrutiny over Bill Gates&#8217; connections with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to cast a dark shadow over Gates and the foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/07\/14\/warren-buffett-excludes-gates-foundation-from-his-annual-donations-of-berkshire-stock.html\">CNBC<\/a> reports that the 95-year-old chairman will donate 9 million Class B shares to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, and 1 million shares each to the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the Novo Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal is to dispose of all of my Berkshire shares within about eight years,&#8221; Buffett wrote in a statement announcing the gifts.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;As I explained last year, my children are unfortunately growing older. I have every hope that the three of them are able to carry out the disposal of my shares by December 31, 2034.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Buffett&#8217;s exclusion of the Gates Foundation breaks decades of giving; the foundation has received more than $47 billion in Berkshire stock from Buffett since 2006. This follows scrutiny of the foundation&#8217;s ties to Epstein, and Buffett has recently said he has not spoken with Gates since the controversy erupted.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/lol%20.png?itok=2r3otn89\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/lol%20.png?itok=2r3otn89\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c409e475-c652-4bda-85b4-d6f4f6572898\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"483\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/lol%20.png?itok=2r3otn89\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/buffett-delays-midyear-donation-gates-foundation-amid-epstein-controversy\">reported<\/a> that the Gates Foundation slashed 500 jobs, or about 20% of its staff, as the organization has come under fire for Gates&#8217; ties to Epstein. Back in February, Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bill-gates-pulls-out-high-profile-indian-ai-summit-epstein-fallout-accelerates\">pulled out<\/a> as a keynote speaker at a high-profile global AI summit in India.<\/p>\n<p>The Gates Foundation CEO recently told employees during a town hall event that the Gates-Epstein relationship had deeply tarnished the nonprofit&#8217;s reputation, according to a Financial Times report.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gates%20woman%20hall%20tall.jpeg?itok=XXoKxatZ\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gates%20woman%20hall%20tall.jpeg?itok=XXoKxatZ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e7d3a000-a4c8-41c8-af8c-315a64d327ec\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/gates%20woman%20hall%20tall.jpeg?itok=XXoKxatZ\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><strong>Bill Gates with an unidentified but manifestly well-proportioned brunette number, in a photo from the Epstein files <\/strong>(House Oversight Committee)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>However, it is not just the Gates-Epstein ties that Buffett should be concerned about.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, the Gates Foundation had to publicly sever ties with far-left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/after-gates-foundation-cuts-ties-arabella-advisors-ceases-operations-reemerges-sunflower\">philanthropic adviser Arabella Advisors<\/a>, which engineered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/we-found-network-ngo-not-just-soros-trump-briefed-left-wing-machine-sows-chaos\">revolutionary network of nonprofit entities<\/a>, including the New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Hopewell Fund, and Windward Fund, that support the permanent protest industrial complex against President Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-10-14_09-54-45.png?itok=DzZ4fX_P\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2025-10-14_09-54-45.png?itok=DzZ4fX_P\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"eb89c1cf-e803-4e1a-afac-d42c8b5c13fc\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"374\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2025-10-14_09-54-45.png?itok=DzZ4fX_P\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, even left-wing outlets like Bloomberg are criticizing the Gates family.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-07-14_08-58-04.png?itok=-xORm_Z1\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-07-14_08-58-04.png?itok=-xORm_Z1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"72cdcf23-8fab-4dd2-bacb-828613e1df43\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"366\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-07-14_08-58-04.png?itok=-xORm_Z1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How will Bill repair his image, or will he ever be able to?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 07\/14\/2026 &#8211; 09:25<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/lol%20.png?itok=2r3otn89\" title=\"Warren Buffett Cuts Gates Foundation From Annual Stock Giving As Epstein Scandal Shadows Over Bill Gates\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warren Buffett Cuts Gates Foundation From Annual Stock Giving As Epstein Scandal Shadows Over Bill Gates Warren Buffett excluded the Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts for the first time in two decades, as scrutiny over Bill Gates&#8217; connections with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to cast a dark shadow over Gates&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=635255\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Warren Buffett Cuts Gates Foundation From Annual Stock Giving As Epstein Scandal Shadows Over Bill Gates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=635255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/635256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=635255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=635255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=635255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}