Warren Buffet By slattypatties Aug 30, 1930 Day of Birth 1951 Receives Master's Degree in Economics at Columbia University 1956 Forms Buffet Partnership LTD 1965 Assumes Control of Berkshire Hathaway 1969 Berkshire Partnership LTD Closes 1987 Purchases Company ¨Salomon Brothers¨ 1989 Buffett Becomes Director of Coca Cola 2006 Announces he Plans to Give His Earnings Away to Charity 2012 Discloses he is Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer Jan 30, 2018 Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan, Chase and Amazon deliver news that they plan to form a new healthcare company for their U.S. employees.