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Warren Buffet was born on August 30, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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He took the initiative to start investing at only 11 years of age. He bought stock for 38 dollars a share and later learned a valuable lesson of patience after he had sold his stock for a small profit of two dollars.
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Buffett opened his new business as a paperboy at the of 13 years old.
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When he moved to Washington he continued his business by purchasing a pinball machine and buying more after he profited from the first machine revenue, which he later sold for a rewarding profit.
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In 1947, a seventeen year old Warren Buffett graduated from High School.Buffett enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to study business.
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Transferred to the University of Nebraska.
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Buffett worked from 1951 to 1954 at Buffett-Falk & Co. as an investment salesman.
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Ben Graham called , inviting Warren Buffett to come to work for him. Warren was finally given the opportunity to work with his mentor as a securities analyst.
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Buffett built a partnership with seven other partners. They summed a total of 105,000 dollars. The business was doing great compared to the market. Ten years after its funding it had grown in assests to 44 million dollars.
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Berkshire Hathaway's book value rose from $20 per share to around $95.
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Buffett liquidated the partneship but held a portion of the Berkshire stocks. He offered 8.6 million for the company.
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Buffett became a billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares on May 29, 1990, with the market closing at 7,175 dollars a share.
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Buffett declared that he will donate his fortune to charity. Most of it will go to the Bill Gates charity. Making it the largest charitable donation in history.
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