

The other four foundations to receive large gifts from Buffett include three run by his three children and one he and his first wife established.
Besides Dairy Queen, Omaha-based Berkshire owns more than 60 companies in the insurance, clothing, furniture, jewelry, candy, restaurant and natural gas industries. It holds large stakes in such major companies as Coca-Cola Co., Anheuser-Busch Cos. and Wells Fargo & Co.
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