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Warren Edward Buffet was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 30th, 1930.
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Warren Buffet made his first investment at 11 years old buying three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 dollars a share, holding on to it until it rose to $40 but later regretted seeling it after it had rose to over $200 dollars a share.
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Warren started his first business at age 13 as a paperboy and selling horseracing tip sheets. He and his high school friend later moved on to buy a pinball machine and made profit from that business as well.
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After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School, Buffet attented the University of Pennsylvania at age 16 and after two years, moved to University of Nebraska and finished college at the age of 20 with $10,000 from his childhood.
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Warren Buffet attains his master's degree at Columbia University under his mentor Benjamin Graham
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Buffet was married to his first wife Susan until the 70s and she died in 2004. He had three children with her: Susan, Howard, and Peter
He later remarried in 2006 to Astrid Menks -
Warren Buffet formed Buffet Partnership Ltd. in 1956 and eventually dissolved it to focus on Berkshire Hathaway, a company that he had shares in and eventually took control of by 1965
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Warren Buffet announced in 2006 that he would be giving away his entire fortune to charity with 85% of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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In 2010, Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates announced the launch of the Giving Pledge Campaign in order to recruit more wealthy people to donate to charity.
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In 2012, Warren Buffet was diagnosed with prostate cancer and announced that he would be receiving treatment that would prove to be successful.
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Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan Chase and Amazon announced their own healthcare venture that would work towards cutting costs and improving the overall process of healthcare for their US employees.
