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Warren Buffett was born in Nebraska
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Buffett enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16 to study business. He stayed two years, moved to the University of Nebraska to finish up his degree, and emerged from college at age 20.
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He received his masters degree in economics at Colombia University.
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Buffett formed the firm Buffett Partnership Ltd.
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He began accumulating stock in the early 1960s, and by 1965 he had assumed control of the company.
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Buffett Partnership was dissolved in 1969 to better develop Berkshire Hathaway
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Buffett was able to turn what seemed to be poor investments into gold, most famous was his purchase of the Salmon Brothers in 1987.
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Buffett became the director of Berkshire Hathaway from 1989 until 2006
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In 2006 Buffett announced he would donate his entire fortune away to charity, mainly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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In 2012 Buffett disclosed the information about his prostate cancer.
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As of mid-July in 2018 Buffett's net worth is 86.6 billion.
