Warren Buffett Says His Will Is Going to Be ‘Simple’ and Public

Warren Buffett said that the donation of his fortune to charitable causes after his death will be open to public scrutiny, though the 93-year-old billionaire said he’s still doing fine for now.

Warren Buffett

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“I feel good but fully realize I am playing in extra innings,” the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive officer said in a Thanksgiving letter to shareholders. He’s long pledged that more than 99% of his wealth will go to philanthropy. “After my death, the disposition of my assets will be an open book — no ‘imaginative’ trusts or foreign entities to avoid public scrutiny but rather a ...