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Warren Buffett born in Omaha, Nebraska
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Buffett, as a sophomore in high school, begins a "business" operating pinball machines in local barbershops with a friend
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Buffett enrolls at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business
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Buffett earns a Master of Science degree in Economics from Columbia University's Business School (ended up at Columbia after series of transfers from Wharton)
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Buffett becomes a millionaire (had $1.025 million of the $7.1785 million earned by his partnerships)
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Buffett begins buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway from its owner, Seabury Stanton
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Buffett buys enough Berkshire shares to take over company and names a new president to run it (Ken Chace)
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Buffett becomes a billionaire when Berkshire begins selling class A shares (common stock accompanied by more voting rights in company)
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Buffett announces that he plans to give away 85% of his Berkshire holdings to five foundations through annual gifts
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Buffett marries Astrid Menks, his longtime companion, on his 76th birthday
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Buffett gives presentation to Georgetown University students in which he emphasizes the issue of wealth inequality in the US
