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Warren Edward Buffett is born to parents, Howard and Leila Buffett, in Nebraska.
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At age 11 Warren had his first foray into the stock market. He purchased 6 shares of city service preferred stock, 3 for himself and 3 for his sister.
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Warren, using money earned from his paper route, invests 1,200 of his savings into farmland.
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Warren and a friend purchase a used pinball machine at a cost of $25 and place it in a local barber shop. Within months, he owns three machines in three different locations.
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Buffett eventually enrolls at Columbia after learning that Ben Graham and David Dodd, two well-known security analysts, are professors.
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Warren and Susie Thompson get married. They rent an apartment for $65 a month, and have their first child, also Susie.
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Ben Graham calls Warren and offers him a job at his partnership. Buffett's starting salary is $12,000 a year. 2 years later Graham folds up his partnership leaving warren in full control.
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Warren creates Buffett Associates, Ltd. Over the course of the year, he opened two additional partnership, eventually bringing the number under his management to three.
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The Buffett Partnership, which had begun with $105,000, was now worth $7.2 million. Buffett merges all of the partnerships into one entity known simply as Buffett Partnerships, Ltd.
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Following his most successful year, Buffett closes the partnership and liquidates its assets to his partners. Warren's personal stake now stands at $25 million.
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As Berkshire continues to accumulate more cash, it’s capital spending increases and big deals continue to occur.
Buffett has one of the most illustrious investing careers the world has ever seen. He continues his investing career with a series of great successes and a few failure with far too many important moments to document in this timeline.
