Warren Edward Buffett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Warren Edward Buffett (/?b?f?t/; born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway and consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest person in 2011. In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.Buffett is called the "Wizard of Omaha", "Oracle of Omaha", or the "Sage of Omaha" and is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes, primarily via the Gates Foundation. On April 11, 2012, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, for which he successfully completed treatment in September 2012.
Peter Buffett, Howard Graham Buffett, Susan Alice Buffett, Peter Buffett, Howard Graham Buffett, Susan Alice Buffett
Parents
Howard Buffett, Leila Buffett, Howard Buffett, Leila Buffett
Siblings
Doris Buffett, Roberta Buffett Elliott, Doris Buffett, Roberta Buffett Elliott
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom
Movies
Buffett & Gates Go Back to School, Buffett & Gates Go Back to School
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Refered to as "Wizard of Omaha or Oracle of Omaha."
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Folksy humor
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Quote
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Efficiency is required over time in capitalism. I don't know of any company that has a policy that says 'We're going to have a lot more people than we need'.
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[on forward-thinking] Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
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I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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We can rise to any challenge, but not if people feel we're in a plutocracy. We have to get serious about shared sacrifice.
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[on raising taxes on the wealthiest people] If you give me a choice between taking $1000 from twenty million families or hitting 50,000 people who shuffle money around all day, I'll take it from the people who shuffle money.
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Investors... should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.
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Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
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It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.
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Fact
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In 1989, after having spent nearly $6.7 million of Berkshire's funds on a private jet, Buffett named it "The Indefensible". He is known to prefer public transportation.
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Release of the book, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life", by Alice Schroeder. [2008]
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He is a huge fan of the series Breaking Bad (2008).
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Has admitted he still works in Business because he enjoys it despite the fact that he could have retired decades ago.
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Always flies coach when traveling.
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He still lives in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought in 1958.
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Diagnosed with stage-1 prostate cancer [April 17, 2012].
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Forbes magazine estimated his personal net worth at $47 billion, making him the world's second richest American after friend Bill Gates whose personal net worth was a reported $53 billion. [February 2010]
Gave approximately 10 million Berkshire Hathaway B (net worth $30.7 billion) shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, making it the largest charitable donation in history (23 June 2006).
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According to Forbes, he became the world's richest person with an estimated net worth of $62 billion (2008).
One of the largest shareholders of Coca-Cola, Gillette, Kraft, UPS and American Express, among other large corporations.
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According to Forbes magazine, his 2005 net worth is $44 billion.
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When he took over Berkshire Hathaway, it was an unknown textile mill. Now, it is one of the largest conglomerates in the world, and a Fortune 10 company.
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Known for his clean business practices and advocacy of transparency and integrity in corporations.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Entourage
2015
Warren Buffett
The Office
2011
TV Series
Interviewee
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776
2003
TV Series
James Madison
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Becoming Warren Buffett
2017
Documentary
Himself
The Apprentice
2017
TV Series
Himself
On the Money
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself - CEO, Berkshire Hathaway / Himself - Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway / Himself - Chairman / ...
The Berkshire Apprentice
2016
Short
Himself
Coked Up!
2016
Documentary
Himself
Squawk Box
2010-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Chairman / CEO, Berkshire Hathaway / ...
Charlie Rose
2006-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
60 Minutes
2001-2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Billionaire Philanthropist (segment "All-American") / Himself - Investor (segment "The Giving Pledge") / Himself - Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway (segment "Howard Buffett") / ...
The Willis Report
2014
TV Series
Himself - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
TV Series
Himself
Mike & Mike
2014
TV Series
Himself - Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Piers Morgan Tonight
2013
TV Series
Himself
Secret Millionaires Club
2011-2013
TV Series
Himself
CBS News Sunday Morning
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Today
2009-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The Daily Show
2012
TV Series
Himself
Das Milliardenversprechen
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Zero Percent
2011
Documentary
Himself
Food Wars
2010
TV Series
Himself
The 7PM Project
2010
TV Series
Himself
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
2010
Himself
The World's Greatest Money Maker: Evan Davis meets Warren Buffett
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Der Schein trügt
2009
Documentary
Himself
All My Children
2008
TV Series
Himself
I.O.U.S.A.
2008
Documentary
Himself
Buffett and Gates Go Back to School
2006
TV Movie
Himself
American Morning
2006
TV Series
Himself
Woodstock for Capitalists
2001
Documentary
ESPN SportsCentury
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Capital
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series
Himself - Speech at Clinton Rally
60 Minutes
2012-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Investor (segment "The Giving Pledge") / Himself - Billionaire Philanthropist (segment "All-American") / Himself - Howard's Father (segment "Howard Buffett")