Warren Edward Buffett, who was often called the “Oracle of Omaha” or the “Sage of Omaha”, born August, 30th 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. In his early age, Mr. Buffet started working in his grandfather’s grocery store. He purchased his first stock at age 11, which he ended up making a five-dollar profit on this investment. At age 14, he started working as a newspaper delivery boy. He got his bachelor’s degree from The University of Nebraska. Mr. Buffett graduated from Columbia Business School and earned M.S. in Economics in 1951. Shortly after completing college, Warren founded the Buffet partnership.
Warren Buffet married in 1951 and had three children. In 2008, Forbes magazine had ranked Mr. Buffett as the richest person in the world. Despite his immense wealth, he is noted for his value investing and his personal frugality. Even as a billionaire, he still lives in five bedroom stucco house in Omaha which he purchased for $31,500 in 1958. Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 85 percent of his fortune to the Gates Foundation.
In 1999, Buffett was named as the top money manager of the twentieth century in a survey by Carson Group. In 2007, he was listed among Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the world.
He is known for his "value investing" and is the most famous disciple of value investing inventor Benjamin Graham. A simple, honest man with grandfatherly looks, Buffett is considered an intellectual genius who makes rapid decisions and decides on a major purchase with just a few days of research. Today, Warren Buffett the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is unquestionably the most successful investor of our times. For the last four decades, Warren Buffett's annual letters to shareholders are a very valuable source in understanding his investment style and outlook about economy.
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