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WARREN BUFFETT, AGE 90, WAS BORN ON AUGUST 30, 1930 IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, UNITED STATES. -
IN THIS YEAR, AT THE AGE OF 11, BUFFETT MADE HIS FIRST INVESTMENT IN THE STOCK MARKET. HE BOUGHT SIX SHARES IN TOTAL, THREE FOR HIMSELF AND THREE FOR HIS SISTER, WHICH BELONGED TO CITIES SERVICES AT A PRICE OF $38.26 PER SHARE. -
AT THE AGE OF 16, HE BEGINS HIS UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF HIS CITY. -
AFTER HIS FIRST STUDIES, HE ENTERS THE COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZED IN BUSINESS. -
WARREN FOUNDS BUFFETT PARTNERSHIP LTD. PARTNERSHIP WITH WHICH HE WOULD REACH HIS 32ND BIRTHDAY AS A MILLIONAIRE. -
BUFFETT MEETS HIS FIRST WHOLESALE PARTNER, SHAREHOLDER CHARLIE MUNGER. -
EN 1960 COMPRÓ ACCIONES DE LA FIRMA BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, PERO DEBIDO A SU GRAN RENDIMIENTO Y VISIÓN EN TAN SOLO 5 AÑOS Y HASTA A GÓRA A LOGRO ASUMIR LA GERENCIA GENERAL DE DICHA FIRMA. -
BUFFETT PARTNERSHIP LTD. IS DISSOLVED BY ITS FOUNDER IN ORDER TO FOCUS 100 PERCENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. -
AS BUFFETT'S FIRST STRONG CHOICE IN CHARGE OF BERKSHIRE H. BOUGHT 6.3 PERCENT OF THE COCA COLA BEVERAGE BRAND, NOW OWNING 9.3 PERCENT. -
ON BEHALF OF BERKSHIRE BUYS GEICO, AN AUTOMOBILE INSURER, FOR $2.3 BILLION. GEICO IS NOW THE SECOND LARGEST INSURER IN THE UNITED STATES. -
BY THIS TIME HE DONATED A CONSIDERABLE PART OF HIS CAPITAL TO HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATIONS, HIS DONATION WAS SO LARGE THAT IT WAS THE LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. -
BUFFETT INVESTS IN THE INVESTMENT FIRM GOLDMAN SACHS AN APPROXIMATE OF 5 MILLION DOLLARS, ONE OF HIS BEST INVESTMENTS, BECAUSE UNTIL NOW IT HAS GONE FROM MILLIONS TO BILLIONS. -
AFTER HIS WARM DONATION TO CHARITY, HE CREATES TOGETHER WITH BILL GATES THE "THE GIVING PLEDGE CAMPAIGN" WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HELPING CHARITY BY RECRUITING MILLIONAIRES TO BECOME PHILANTHROPISTS. -
UNFORTUNATELY, BY THIS DATE HE GOES THROUGH HIS SECOND MAJOR PERSONAL CRISIS, AS HE CONTRACTS CEPROSTATE CANR, HOWEVER BY JULY OF THAT YEAR HE UNDERGOES RADIATION TREATMENT, HIS FIRST CRISIS WAS WHEN HIS FIRST WIFE DIED IN 2004. -
FOR THIS EVENT, BUFFETT, TOGETHER WITH LEAMANN AND 3G CAPITAL, ACQUIRED H.J. HEINZ, A COMPANY DEDICATED TO THE FOOD INDUSTRY, FOR $28 BILLION.