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Sidney Buffett Moves
Sidney Buffett moved to Omaha to join his maternal grandfather, a key point in the oracle's history -
Ernest Buffett Birth
Son of Sidney -
Ernest marries Henrietta
Ernest beats out his larger brother Frank in the competition for Henrietta and had 5 children. -
Stella Stahl went insane
Warren's grandmother was admitted into the Nebraska state insane asylum. -
Howard Buffett was born
Warren's father entered the world -
Astrid Menks was born
Astrid Menks was born in West Germany -
Met Susan Thompson
Went on his first date with Susan Thompson after his sister set them up -
Wrote to his Aunt Dorothy
Wrote to his Aunt asking for her permission to proceed farther with Susan -
Warren made large gains
By the end of 1951 he had gained 25% on his wealth, from $9,804 to $19,738. -
Warren gets a job offer
Warren wrote an article titled "The Security I Like Best" this article got the attention of Bill Rosenwald and he offered him a job in money management in NYC -
Warren gets married
Warren Marries Susan -
Buffett started buying berkshire stock
Dan Cowin approached Warren about buying Berkshire stock and he did even after 9 years of losses -
Owns $4.3 million of American Express stock
By 1965 this ownership took up one-third of their portfolio -
Buffett, Munger, and Gottesman started Diversified Retailing Company
DRC was a holding company that specialized in retail and Bufett ownded 80% of it. -
Susan wants to scale back
Warren and Susan hit the $8-10 million mark and Susan wanted him to slow down so her family would like him but he did not comply -
Warren ends the cotton industry in Rhode Island
Buffett permanently shut down the King Philip division of the cotton industry and ended the cotton industry in Rhode Island -
Susan starts her singing career
Susan gets her first gig at Omaha's French Cafe -
Buffett and Munger bought the daily newspaper
They bought the daily newspaper as there largest purchase to date at $35.5 million -
Buffett was proven innocent
Buffett was innocent of buying the daily news just to put the Courier out of business -
Buffett and Munger receive huge losses
By the end of 1980 Buffett and Munger have suffered $10 million in losses -
Stock repricing cost Buffett a ton
stock-option repricing cost Buffett a fortune -
New York Times calls out Buffett
Take notice of Buffett claiming he is a simple Midwesterner while he was hanging around top tier celebrities -
Warren adds Howie to the board
Warren adds howie to the board saying he will become non-exec chairman after Warren's death -
Berkshire stock doubles
His stock doubled and he was now worth over $8.5 billion -
Buffett foundations doubled their donations
Their donations which had previously been $3.5 million a year now doubled to around $7 million -
General Re turns it around
General Re which had previously been terrible for Buffett and almost ruined his reputation had turned it around and posted a profit in 2003 -
The Korean Market
Warren receives a book on the Korean market. Just what he was looking for, a not well known and undervalued market. He taught himself the number system and sifted and sorted through the Korean accounting system -
Susan Buffett dies
Susan Buffett tragically passes away in her hospital bed -
Osberg travels to Omaha
Osberg traveled to Omaha to speak to Warren about donating to the Gate's foundation and really got him thinking about making a donation. -
Warren gives up his fortune
Buffett donated 85% of Berkshire Hathaway stock--- worth $37 billion. Five of every six shares would go to the Gates foundation. No donation this large has ever happened in philanthropic history.
