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Warren Edward Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
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At 11 years old he made his first investment, buying three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share.
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By the age of 13, Buffett was running his own businesses as a paperboy and selling his own horseracing tip sheet.
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Buffett enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16 to study business.
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Emerged from college at age 20 with nearly $10,000 from his childhood businesses.
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In 1956, Buffet formed the firm Buffett Partnership Ltd. in his hometown of Omaha.
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Buffett became director of Coca-Cola from 1989 until 2006.
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In June 2006, Buffett made an announcement that he would be giving his entire fortune away to charity, committing 85 percent of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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In February 2013, Buffett purchased H. J. Heinz with private equity group 3G Capital for $28 billion.
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In 2016, Buffett launched Drive2Vote, a web site aimed at encouraging people in his Nebraska community to exercise their right to vote - and to assist in registering and driving voters to a polling location if they needed a ride.
