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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett -- Born: 1930-08-30. Occupation: broker-dealer. Position: chief executive officer. Education: Columbia Business School. Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Born1930-08-30

Occupationbroker-dealer, chief executive officer, economist, entrepreneur

Positionchief executive officer

EducationColumbia Business School, Jackson-Reed High School, New York Institute of Finance, The Wharton School

AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom

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Highlights

“Out of eight billion people, I may be one of the 10 luckiest in the world.”
timesofindia.indiatimes.com2026-07-22Source
“Fortunately I got exposed, partly accidentally, to what I liked to do very early on, and that was just an accident.”
timesofindia.indiatimes.com2026-07-22Source
“If my father had been a plumber, I would not have.”
economictimes.indiatimes.com2026-07-21Source
“The casino has gotten very attractive to people,”
economictimes.indiatimes.com2026-07-20Source
“I’ll wait and see what unfolds ... I don’t have to make that decision today. And I haven’t made it today.”
CNBC2026-07-18Source
“I’ve learned things I didn’t know about something for all these years.”
CNBC2026-07-18Source
“I’m impressed by the fact that my kids really want to give the money away”
CNBC2026-07-18Source
“read a great deal since Jan. 1 in terms of what happened with Bill and Epstein. And I have read his remarks to Congress given under oath, and I read the cross-examination.”
ksat.com2026-07-15Source
“No one bats a thousand in the business of choosing people,”
ksat.com2026-07-15Source
“It’s tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling,”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
“If you're Apple, you've got very, very smart people all over the world shooting and trying to figure out how to make sure that, that Apple's future, the future is as bright as the past.”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
“That's the game they're playing now. They weren't playing that game with computer software.”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
“I know more about Apple than I knew many years ago,”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
“The trick in life is to find — I mean investing — is to find businesses that are going to earn high returns on capital for an extended period of time,”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
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“I would say that I don't like it as well as at least four or five other businesses that we own,”
CNBC2026-07-15Source
“My goal is to dispose of all of my Berkshire shares within about eight years,”
businessinsider.com2026-07-14Source
“Of course, mortality is unpredictable, but my remaining shares will be donated to the four foundations one way or the other by December 31, 2034,”
927thevan.com2026-07-14Source
“I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end,”
apnews.com2025-05-03Source

Works Timeline

2015
  • Berkshire Hathaway Letters to ShareholdersBook
2008
1997
  • The Essays of Warren BuffettBook

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