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was born in Omaha Nebraska on august 30th 1930
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attended the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16 to study business and finished his degree at the University of Nebraska at the age of 20
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In 1956 Buffet formed the firm Buffett Partnership Ltd. in his hometown of Omaha.
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Buffett created more partnerships and was managing a total of 5 partnerships, all from his home.
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American Express is victim to the salad oil scandal and shares fall to $35. Buffett saw the value and bought 5% of the company.
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Buffett invests $4 million in Walt Disney after a meeting with Walt Disney himself which is almost 5% of the company.
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Berkshire buys See’s Candies (Chocolates) and Wesco Financial Corp (Financial Services).
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Buffett starts buying Coca-Cola (Beverages) and eventually gains a 7% stake in the company for $1.2 billion.
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Bill Gates is elected as a director for Berkshire Hathaway.
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announces in June that he will give away more than 80%, or about $37 billion,
