Warren Buffett Timeline

By ericjblair

  • Warren Buffett Born

    Warren Buffet is born in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • Buffett's first investment

    Buffet buys his first shares of stock. He purchases 6 shares of CITGO.

  • Buffett attends Nebraska University

    Buffet attends Nebraska University to study

  • Buffet creates Buffett Associates Ltd.

    Buffett starts his company and his initial investor are close family and friends.

  • Buffett begins aggressively investing in Berkshire Hathaway

    Buffett perceives the stock to be undervalued and begins investing a significant portion of his net worth.

  • Buffett invests in Disney

    Buffett invests $4 million dollars into Walt Disney. At the time, this was about 5% of the company.

  • Buffett's net worth hits $10 million

    After a huge bull market and successful returns on companies such as American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, and Walt Disney, Warren Buffett's net worth climbs to $10 Million.

  • Buffett's net worth goes up to $100 million

    Bufffett makes large returns on investments such as ABC, Geico, and SAFECO and his net worth reaches over 100 million.

  • Stock Market crashes and Berkshire loses 25% of its value

    A broad stock market crash triggers a huge fall in value of Buffett's investments. However, he remains calm and uses the sell-off as an opportunity to invest more money. He has always been a proponent of doing the unorthodox and looking in directions that others don't.

  • Buffett Donates 80% of his net worth

    Buffet announced that he will donate $37 Billion to various organizations. The largest beneficiary was the Gates foundation.