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Warren Edward Buffet is born in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was a homemaker and his father was a stockbroker. He was the middle child of two sisters.
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At age 11, Buffett bought his first stock-- 3 shares of Cities Service Preferred. It taught him to have patience in investing because after selling the stock its price rose higher than his profit (day and month estimated).
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Because of his father, this meant his family moved closer to D.C., specifically Fredricksburg, Virginia. He then attended Woodrow Wilson High School (day and month estimated).
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Buffett's newspaper delivery job earned him $175 a month (at age 15). With the money, he bought 40 acres of farmland in Omaha for $1200 (day and month estimated).
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Buffett attended the University of Pennsylvania, University of Nebraska, and Columbia University to earn bachelor's and masters degrees in business (day and month estimated).
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Buffett attended Dale Carnegie public speaking classes since before, he had been terrified of public speaking (day and month estimated).
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He valued the textile company and started accumulating the stock (day and month estimated).
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Buffett gives the largest donation to charity in U.S. history when giving to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, supporting education, health, and communities in the PNW (day estimated).
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Buffet reveals he is diagnosed with prostate cancer. He went through radiation treatments from July to November.
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Buffett launches Drive2Vote campaign, to encourage Nebraskans to vote in the 2016 Presidential election.
