WARREN BUFFETT

By: Steven Perkins

Warren Buffett’s birthday is August 30, 1930

He is currently married, 3 kids. Susan Alice Buffett; Daughter Howard Graham Buffett; SonPeter Buffett; SonBuffett it 83 years old

• Warren Buffett grew up in Omaha, Nebraska.

• Warren Buffett displayed an interest in making and saving money

• He went door to door selling chewing gum, Coca-Cola, or weekly magazines.

• For a while, he worked with his grandfather • While still in high school he was successful

in making money by other means.• Filing his first income tax return in 1944

• Warren buffet went to Rose Hill Elementary School• He graduated from

Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947• Buffett enrolled at

Columbia Business School but dropped out eventually

• Warren Buffett was very passionate about what he did he often felt exited when he invested in something.

• He was determined and he felt like everything was able to be invested and he never faltered .

• Warren was patient and he used this hold onto stocks until he felt it was worth enough to sell.

• He had common sense enough to not fall for many schemes and often thought about how things might workout

An entrepreneur is someone that takes their own dream and uses it as a business

• Warren Buffett made Berkshire Hathaway and this made him wealthy.

• Eventually he became the richest man in the world with a net worth of 58.5 billion (2013)

• Warren Buffett has a master of science degree from Columbia University

Interesting facts

Warren buffet has: • Saved AMEX when its

stocks collapsed• Turned a small company

into an investment vehicle

• Became one of the richest men in the world

• Bought stock in Coca-Cola for $1.02 billion

Role Model

I can’t find a documentary that states his role model but I feel it is himself. Warren Buffett has many quotes where he mentions being confident about yourself but while still being cautious which may have caused his success.

References

• Google • Forbes• Bio true story