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Warren Buffett is born
Warren Buffett was born Saturday, August 30th 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska -
Buffett buys his first stock
At age 11, Buffett made his first stock purchase. He bought six shares of Cities Service at the price of $38 per share. -
Started an investment partnership (1957-1969)
Buffett started his own investment company. He was a general partner at Buffett Partnership, Ltd. -
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Through Buffett's investment partnership, he took over the management and control of Berkshire and accumulates 49% of their stock. He is considered Director of the company. -
Berkshire
Buffett becomes Chairman and CEO of Berkshire -
Coca-Cola
Berkshire acquires 6.3% of Coca-Cola (1 billion) -
GEICO
Berkshire takes control of GEICO in 2.3 billion deal -
Goldman Sachs
Buffett invests $5 billion in Goldman Sachs -
Richest Man
Buffett is ranked as Forbes richest man in the world -
Buffett and Jorge Lemann
In a $23 billion deal, Buffett teams with Jorge Lemann and 3G Capital to take over H.J. Heinz & Company.
