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Bill Gates' foundation dumps shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sold 36,056 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA, BRKB), the holding company run by famed value investor Warren Buffett.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Gates Foundation sold the shares from Jan. 5 through Thursday for a total of $99.7 million, or $2,766.66 a share. Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares closed on Friday at $2,327.
In 2006, Buffett donated $30 billion in Berkshire stock to the Gates Foundation, created by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT:Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates and his wife.
Each Class A Berkshire share is convertible, at the option of the holder, into thirty shares of Class B stock.

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