Inside Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's 31-year friendship

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Inside the over 30-year friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who didn't even want to meet at first but now have each other on speed dial

Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates, in an interview on May 5, 2015"I'm grateful for Warren's gifts to support the foundation's work and for our many years of friendship," Gates tweeted in July."When he decided in 2006 to make these gifts, it moved me to tears. It still does."Buffett's contributions to Gates' foundation from 2006 through 2022 total $45 billion, when taking into account the appreciation of the Berkshire stock over time.

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, speaks to Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, as they appear to speak on the Fox Business Network with Liz Claman, in Omaha, Neb., on May 8, 2017."I believe this is the largest gift ever given, and thinking about it fills me with awe and gratitude and a sense of responsibility to make sure it is spent well," Gates wrote in anon his blog, Gates Notes, in December 2022.

In 2014, Gates and Buffett, along with Sheldon Adelson, published a New York Times op-ed pushing for immigration reform.

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