"What can be more logical, in whatever you want done, than finding someone better equipped than you are to do it?" Buffett told
Fortune. "Who wouldn't select Tiger Woods to take his place in a high-stakes golf game? That's how I feel about this decision." Buffett has long said limiting the spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest challenge facing mankind. And stockbroker Andy Kilpatrick, who wrote a biography of Buffett, said Buffett probably agrees with the Gateses' concerns about population control, disease and education. In a statement, Bill and Melinda Gates applauded Buffett's decision.
"We are awed by our friend Warren Buffett's decision."