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Warren Buffett Born
Warren Buffet is born in Omaha, Nebraska. -
Buffett's first investment
Buffet buys his first shares of stock. He purchases 6 shares of CITGO. -
Buffett attends Nebraska University
Buffet attends Nebraska University to study -
Buffet creates Buffett Associates Ltd.
Buffett starts his company and his initial investor are close family and friends. -
Buffett begins aggressively investing in Berkshire Hathaway
Buffett perceives the stock to be undervalued and begins investing a significant portion of his net worth. -
Buffett invests in Disney
Buffett invests $4 million dollars into Walt Disney. At the time, this was about 5% of the company. -
Buffett's net worth hits $10 million
After a huge bull market and successful returns on companies such as American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, and Walt Disney, Warren Buffett's net worth climbs to $10 Million. -
Buffett's net worth goes up to $100 million
Bufffett makes large returns on investments such as ABC, Geico, and SAFECO and his net worth reaches over 100 million. -
Stock Market crashes and Berkshire loses 25% of its value
A broad stock market crash triggers a huge fall in value of Buffett's investments. However, he remains calm and uses the sell-off as an opportunity to invest more money. He has always been a proponent of doing the unorthodox and looking in directions that others don't. -
Buffett Donates 80% of his net worth
Buffet announced that he will donate $37 Billion to various organizations. The largest beneficiary was the Gates foundation.