The son of a billionaire investor is giving millions of dollars from his foundation to support a country.
The Howard G.Buffett Foundation donated over two million dollars to the nonprofit Spirit of America. The advanced trauma kits were funded by the foundation.
On CNBC's "Squawk Box" Monday, billionaire investor Warren Buffet said he had never seen anything like it before. Millions of refugees are trying to leave the country. We need to support Ukraine in this fight. It is a challenge for them.
The chairman and CEO of Howard G.Buffett met with Zelenskyy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said that they appreciated the signal of Solidarity. I was grateful for the support. He was invited to join a project to restore irrigation systems in the Odesa region.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has turned into a town-by-town fight as Russia attempts to consolidate its hold.
The world's most impoverished and marginalized populations have been the focus of the Howard G.Buffett Foundation's work. At the end of the year, it had $529 million in assets.
All of Warren Buffet's shares will be given away through annual gifts to several organizations.
Howard is expected to one day succeed his father as chairman of the company.