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(Omaha, NE) -- Warren Buffett is accelerating his charitable donations of Berkshire Hathaway shares with a notable exception.
The former CEO of Berkshire is donating nearly $6 billion dollars in shares to four family foundations but the Bill Gates Foundation is not one of the recipients.
Gates has been tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but denies any knowledge of Epstein's crimes and has not been charged.
Buffett released a statement Tuesday saying his goal is to dispose all of his Berkshire shares within eight years, valued at $146 billion dollars.
Gates' Foundation has received over $60 billion dollars in charitable donations from Buffett in the past.