Warren Buffett's Life

By skiba.hayden

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born in Nebraska during 1930.

  • Newspaper Boy

    Newspaper Boy
    He is selling Washington Post newspaper all throughout Omaha at the age of 15 and buys 40-acres of farmland in Omaha.

  • Returning back to Omaha

    Returning back to Omaha
    After attending at Columbia, he purchased a Texaco station back home. He also had a job working for his dad as a salesman for Buffett-Falk & Company.

  • Buffett Associates Ltd.

    Buffett Associates Ltd.
    At the age of 26, he created a family-company with him and 7 other family members. They have invested over $150,000 into the family comapny

  • American Express

    American Express
    After American Express went through a serious scandal, Buffett purchases 5% of the company because of the upside.

  • Disney

    Disney
    Buffett invests 4 million in Walt Disney and takes control of Berkshire Hathaway.

  • See's Candy + Wesco Financial Corp.

    See's Candy + Wesco Financial Corp.
    He buys See's Candy and Wesco.

  • Merger

    Merger
    Buffett merges Berkshire and Diversified

  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    Bill Gates is elected as a director for Berkshire-Hathaway.

  • Heinz

    Heinz
    In 2013 he acquired 50% of Heinz Company. He is 83.