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Birth
Warren Buffet was born on August 30, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. -
First Investment
He took the initiative to start investing at only 11 years of age. He bought stock for 38 dollars a share and later learned a valuable lesson of patience after he had sold his stock for a small profit of two dollars. -
First Business
Buffett opened his new business as a paperboy at the of 13 years old. -
Pinball Business
When he moved to Washington he continued his business by purchasing a pinball machine and buying more after he profited from the first machine revenue, which he later sold for a rewarding profit. -
Higher Education
In 1947, a seventeen year old Warren Buffett graduated from High School.Buffett enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to study business. -
Transfer
Transferred to the University of Nebraska. -
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Buffett-Falk & Co
Buffett worked from 1951 to 1954 at Buffett-Falk & Co. as an investment salesman. -
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Graham-Newman Corp
Ben Graham called , inviting Warren Buffett to come to work for him. Warren was finally given the opportunity to work with his mentor as a securities analyst. -
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Buffett Partnership
Buffett built a partnership with seven other partners. They summed a total of 105,000 dollars. The business was doing great compared to the market. Ten years after its funding it had grown in assests to 44 million dollars. -
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Growth
Berkshire Hathaway's book value rose from $20 per share to around $95. -
Berkshire Hathaway
Buffett liquidated the partneship but held a portion of the Berkshire stocks. He offered 8.6 million for the company. -
Billionaire
Buffett became a billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares on May 29, 1990, with the market closing at 7,175 dollars a share. -
Philantropy
Buffett declared that he will donate his fortune to charity. Most of it will go to the Bill Gates charity. Making it the largest charitable donation in history.