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Born in Nebraska
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Warren made his first investment at 11 years old for three shares of Cities Service at $38 per share
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Warren and his friend at the age of 13 bought a used pinball machine and installed it into a barber shop and collected a ton of profit and started to buy more machines and having to do sales tax at 13
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At 16 years of age Warren attended the University of Pennsylvania for 2 years then went to Nebraska to finish his degree and graduated with 10,000 dollars from childhood businesses
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formed the firm Buffet Partnership Ltd. in his hometown Omaha and successful in identifying undervalued companies and became a millionaire off of them
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Dissolved the Buffet Partnership and started to focus on Berkshire Hathaway and focusing on the media and insurance companies, even oil companies for a wide range of making money
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Warren became the head director of Berkshire Hathaway from 1989-2006 and newer companies like Graham Holdings company, The Gillette Company and Citigroups public market holdings
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In 2006 warren Buffet announced after retirement that his entire fortune would be donated to charity and 85% to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Largest act of charitable causes ever in the United States
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Warren had been diagnosed with Prostate cancer and would begin radiation checks in july
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Encouraged his hometown of Nebraska to exercise their right to vote in the last election
