Fortune of Top Warren Buffett Investor Will Fund Free Medical School in Bronx
- Ruth Gottesman’s gift to Einstein college will cover tuition
- Her late husband David built fortune as early Buffett friend
The widow of a top Warren Buffett investor has donated $1 billion to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx to cover tuition for all future students.
Ruth Gottesman’s gift is the largest ever to a US medical school, according to a statement from the college. She’s the chair of Einstein’s board of trustees and was a longtime professor of pediatrics at the school.