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Warren Buffett

American investor, entrepreneur and businessman · United States · Investors · Born 1930 · age 96

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He turned a failing textile mill into a $1 trillion conglomerate and his own stake into $148.9 billion - not through bets or leverage, but by buying good companies cheap and waiting. The attention comes from the rarity: discipline that lasts 70 years.

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A life in dates

2020“In my view, for most people, the best thing to do is to own the S&P 500 index fund. People will try and sell you other things because there’s more money in it for them if they do.”In their words2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

2011Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1995“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: if you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”In their wordsAs quoted in Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (1995), by Roger Lowenstein, p. 77

1991“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”In their wordsJanuary 1991Statement of January 1991, as quoted in Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett (2007) by Andrew Kilpatrick

1989“I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business. ... It costs a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It's addictive. And there's fantastic brand loyalty.”In their wordsAs quoted in Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco (1989), by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar

1974“I call investing the greatest business in the world ... because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate, the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39!”In their words1 November 1974Interview in Forbes magazine (1 November 1974)

“Draw a circle around the businesses you understand and then eliminate those that fail to qualify on the basis of value, good management and limited exposure to hard times. ...”In their words1 November 1974Interview in Forbes magazine (1 November 1974)

1930Born30 August 1930

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Investor Benjamin Graham (pictured) was a major influential figure on the young Warren Buffett.Investor Benjamin Graham (pictured) was a major influential figure on the young Warren Buffett.With President Barack Obama at the White House in July 2011With President Barack Obama at the White House in July 2011With Gary Green in 2010With Gary Green in 2010Buffett's home in Omaha, NebraskaBuffett's home in Omaha, NebraskaBuffett, Kathy Ireland and Bill Gates at the 2015 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meetingBuffett, Kathy Ireland and Bill Gates at the 2015 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meetingBuffett and President Obama in the Oval Office, July 14, 2010Buffett and President Obama in the Oval Office, July 14, 2010Buffett playing cards with Bill Gates at Borsheims during the 2018 shareholder's weekendBuffett playing cards with Bill Gates at Borsheims during the 2018 shareholder's weekend

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  1. In my view, for most people, the best thing to do is to own the S&P 500 index fund. People will try and sell you other things because there’s more money in it for them if they do.

    2020, 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, Own words

  2. It's a game of a million inferences. There are a lot of things to draw inferences from - cards played and not played. These inferences tell you something about the probabilities.

    Jun 2, 1997, On the game of bridge, as quoted in Forbes (2 June 1997); also quoted in The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus, Own words

  3. Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

    1995, As quoted in Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (1995), by Roger Lowenstein, p. 77, Own words

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Presidential Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama2011

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Born in Omaha in 1930 to a congressman father, Buffett fixated on business young and studied at Wharton, then Nebraska, then Columbia, where Benjamin Graham taught him value investing. He launched Buffett Partnership Ltd. in 1956, bought a struggling textile company called Berkshire Hathaway, and by 1970 had flipped it into a holding company with himself as chairman and majority owner. Charlie Munger came aboard in 1978 as vice-chairman. From that platform Buffett built one of the world's largest conglomerates, earning the "Oracle of Omaha" label for returns that compounded across decades while he lived modestly. He co-founded The Giving Pledge in 2010 and committed 99 percent of his fortune to charity, primarily through the Gates Foundation. In May 2025 he named Greg Abel his CEO successor while staying on as chairman.

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Born 1930 · age 96

In common with Warren

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