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Birth
Warren Buffet is born on August 30, 1930 in omaha. -
First Investment
Warren Buffet made his first investment at 11 years old. He Bought three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share. -
Buffet Moves to Virgina
Warren's father was elected to the house of representatives and so his family moved to Fredricksburg, Virginia, to be closer to his dad's new job. -
First Buisness
At 13 he was running his own business as a paper boy and selling his horse racing tip sheet -
Higher Education (part 2)
he moved to the University of Nebraska to finish up his degree and emerged from college at age 20 with nearly $10,000 from his childhood businesses. -
Higher Education
Buffet enrolled at University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16 to study business. -
Early Career
Buffet formed the firm Buffett Partnership Ltd. in his hometown of Omaha. Using the skills he learned in college, he was successful in identifying undervalued companies and became a millionaire. One such enterprise Buffett valued was a textile company named Berkshire Hathaway. He began accumulating stock in the early 1960s, and by 1965 he had assumed control of the company. -
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Berkshire Hathaway's
Following Berkshire Hathaway's significant investment in Coca-Cola, Buffett became director of the company from 1989 until 2006. He has also served as director of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Graham Holdings Companys, and The Gillette Company. -
Philanthropy
In June 2006, Buffett made an announcement that he would be giving his entire fortune away to charity, committing 85 percent of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This donation became the largest act of charitable giving in United States history. -
Health Issues
In 2012, Buffett disclosed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He began undergoing radiation treatment in July, and successfully completed his treatment in November.
