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Invests for the first time
He bought three shares of cities service preferred at $38 per share. -
Starts his own company
He started his own company as a paperboy and started selling his own horse racing tip sheet. -
Enrolled at University of Pennsylvania
Warren Buffett enrolled at the university of pennsylvania at the age of 16 to study business. -
Formed Buffett Partnership Ltd
In 1956 he formed the firm Buffett Partnership Ltd in his hometown of Omaha. -
Accumulating stock
In the early 1960s and by 1965 he began accumulating stock and assumed control of his company. -
Purchase of scandal-plagued salomon brothers
He was able to turn bad investments into good ones and his most notable one was the purchase of scandal-plagued Salomon Brothers in 1987. -
Giving away his entire fortune to charity
In June 2006 he made and announcement that he would be giving away all of his fortune to charity. He gave 85 percent of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. -
Diagnosed with cancer
In 2012 he disclosed that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and began radiation treatment in July and successfully completed his treatment in November. -
Purchased H.J Heinz
In 2013 he purchased H.J Heinz with private equity group 3G capital for $28 Billion. -
Launched Drive2Vote
He launched drive2vote which was a website directed at encouraging people in his Nebraska community to exercise their right to vote, this would also assist people in registering and driving voters to a polling location if they needed a ride.
