04年7月底，被誉为“股神”的美国著名投资家沃伦巴菲特之妻苏珊·巴菲特在探望朋友的时候突然去逝。按照巴菲特和苏珊达成的遗嘱，苏珊先于巴菲特辞世，她可以从丈夫那里继承到的巨额遗产将悉数转交给巴菲特家族基金会，而不会由子女们继承。
40年来，他一直通过巴菲特基金会捐钱，该基金会后来改名为苏珊·汤普森·巴菲特基金会。
He'd been giving money away for 40 years through the Buffett Foundation, renamed as the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.
【译文】巴菲特认为，包括他本人的财产在内的巨额财富，其最终应该服务于社会。这就是他为什么建立巴菲特基金会，并提供资金的原因。
To Buffett, a vast pool of wealth, such as his own, should ultimately benefit society-the reason he has created and funded the Buffett Foundation.
2006年6月，巴菲特宣布将其85%的资产捐给比尔/梅琳娜•盖茨基金会及四个家庭慈善机构的计划。
Buffett in June 2006 announced plans to give 85 percent of his fortune away, granting it to the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities.
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