Howard G. Buffett Foundation donated $2.7 million to Ukraine
A son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, Howard Buffett — the chairman and CEO of Howard G. Buffett Foundation — met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 8, 2022.
After that meeting, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation donated $2.7 million to the citizen-funded nonprofit Spirit of America, which is delivering nine 50-passenger buses to the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. The Buffett Foundation’s donation also funded 375 advanced trauma kits for Ukrainians on the front lines.
“I’ve never quite seen anything like this in my lifetime,” Buffett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on June 13, 2022. “It’s millions of refugees trying to leave the country and it’s just an overwhelming situation for the country… I believe we’ve got to support Ukraine in this fight. It’s a difficult fight for them.”
