Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Buffett speakin tae students frae the Varsity
o Kansas Schuil o Business, Mey 6, 2005
Born Warren Edward Buffett
( 1930-08-30 ) 30 August 1930 (age 93)
Omaha , Nebraska , U.S.
Naitionality Unitit States
Eddication Master o Science in Economics
Alma mater Varsity o Nebraska?Lincoln
Columbia Business Schuil
Thrift Chairman & CEO o
Berkshire Hathaway
Years active 1951?present
Sellarie US$100,000 [1]
Net wirth US$ 70.5 billion [2] (Apryle 2020)
Releegion Agnostic [3]
Hauf-marrae(s) Susan Thompson Buffett ( m.  1952?2004)
Astrid Menks ( m.  2006) [4]
Bairns Susan Alice Buffett
Howard Graham Buffett
Peter Andrew Buffett
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Warren Edward Buffett ( / ? b ? f ? t / ; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate , investor, an philanthropist. He is widely considered the maist successfu investor o the 20t century. Buffett is the primary sharehaulder , chairman an CEO o Berkshire Hathaway [5] an consistently rankit amang the warld's wealthiest fowk . He wis rankit as the warld's wealthiest person in 2008 [6] an as the third wealthiest person in 2011. [7] In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett ane o the maist influential fowk in the warld. [8]

Buffett is cried the "Wizard o Omaha", "Oracle o Omaha", [9] or the "Sage o Omaha" [10] an is notit for his adherence tae the value investin philosophy an for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. [11] Buffett is an aa a notable philanthropist, havin pledged tae gie away 99 percent [12] o his fortun tae philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foondation . On Aprile 11, 2012, he wis diagnosed wi prostate cancer , [13] for which he completit treatment in September 2012. [14]

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  1. ↑ "Warren E Buffett, CEO Compensation" . Forbes . 30 Mairch 2006 . Retrieved 23 Februar 2009 .
  2. ↑ "Warren Buffett" . Forbes . Retrieved 16 Mairch 2020 .
  3. ↑ "Warren Buffett "Agnostic," Bill Gates Rejects Sermon On The Mount, Not "Huge Believer" In "Specific Elements" Of Christianity" . Archive.theamericanview.com. 13 Januar 1996. Archived frae the original on 10 November 2011 . Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
  4. ↑ Bailey, Jeff; Dash, Eric (1 September 2006). "How Does Warren Buffett Get Married? Frugally, It Turns Out" . The New York Times . Retrieved 20 Mey 2008 .
  5. ↑ "The Greatest Investors: Warren Buffett" . Investopedia.com . Retrieved 6 Mairch 2009 .
  6. ↑ "The World's Billionaires" . Forbes . 11 Mairch 2009 . Retrieved 28 November 2010 .
  7. ↑ Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller (10 Mairch 2010). "The World's Billionaires" . Forbes . Archived frae the original on 16 December 2012 . Retrieved 11 Mairch 2010 .
  8. ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People In The World" . Time . 18 Apryle 2012. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018 . Retrieved 20 Julie 2013 .
  9. ↑ Markels, Alex (29 Julie 2007). "How to Make Money the Buffett Way" . U.S. News & World Report . CS1 maint: ref=harv ( link )
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Aline (20 December 1997). "Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, Makes Value Strategy Seem Simple: Secrets of a High Plains Investor" . International Herald Tribune . CS1 maint: ref=harv ( link )
  11. ↑ Gogoi, Pallavi (8 Mey 2007). "What Warren Buffett might buy" . MSNBC . Archived frae the original on 10 Mey 2007 . Retrieved 9 Mey 2007 .
  12. ↑ Buffett, Warren (16 Juin 2010). "My philanthropic pledge" . CNN.
  13. ↑ Telegraph staff and agencies (17 Apryle 2012). "Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer" . The Daily Telegraph . London . Retrieved 17 Apryle 2012 .
  14. ↑ Lopez, Ricardo (16 September 2012). "Warren Buffett completes prostate cancer treatment" . The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 22 September 2012 .

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