Wea Izre
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There was a one hour interview on CNBC
with Warren Buffett, the second
richest man who has donated $31
billion to charity.
Here are some very interesting aspects
of his life:
1) He bought his first share at age 11
and he now regrets that he started too
late!
2) He bought a small farm at age 14
with savings from delivering
newspapers.
3) He still lives in the same small 3
bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that
he bought after he got married 50
years ago. He says that he has
everything he needs in that house. His
house does not have a wall or a fence.
4) He drives his own car everywhere
and does not have a driver or security
people around him.
5) He never travels by private jet,
although he owns the world's largest
private jet company.
6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway,
owns 63 companies. He writes only one
letter each year to the CEOs of these
companies, giving them goals for the
year. He never holds meetings or calls
them on a regular basis.
7) He has given his CEO's only two
rules.
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your
share holders' money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule
number 1.
8) He does not socialize with the high
society crowd. His past time after he
gets home is to make himself some pop
corn and watch television.
9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man
met him for the first time only 5
years ago.
Bill Gates did not think he had
anything in common with Warren Buffet.
So he had scheduled his meeting only
for half hour.
But when Gates met him, the meeting
lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
10) Warren Buffet does not carry a
cell phone, nor has a computer on his
desk.
11) His advice to young people:
Stay away from credit cards and invest
in yourself.
Amazing individual indeed......
with Warren Buffett, the second
richest man who has donated $31
billion to charity.
Here are some very interesting aspects
of his life:
1) He bought his first share at age 11
and he now regrets that he started too
late!
2) He bought a small farm at age 14
with savings from delivering
newspapers.
3) He still lives in the same small 3
bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that
he bought after he got married 50
years ago. He says that he has
everything he needs in that house. His
house does not have a wall or a fence.
4) He drives his own car everywhere
and does not have a driver or security
people around him.
5) He never travels by private jet,
although he owns the world's largest
private jet company.
6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway,
owns 63 companies. He writes only one
letter each year to the CEOs of these
companies, giving them goals for the
year. He never holds meetings or calls
them on a regular basis.
7) He has given his CEO's only two
rules.
Rule number 1: do not lose any of your
share holders' money.
Rule number 2: Do not forget rule
number 1.
8) He does not socialize with the high
society crowd. His past time after he
gets home is to make himself some pop
corn and watch television.
9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man
met him for the first time only 5
years ago.
Bill Gates did not think he had
anything in common with Warren Buffet.
So he had scheduled his meeting only
for half hour.
But when Gates met him, the meeting
lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
10) Warren Buffet does not carry a
cell phone, nor has a computer on his
desk.
11) His advice to young people:
Stay away from credit cards and invest
in yourself.
Amazing individual indeed......
