Trivia

Known for his clean business practices and advocacy of transparency and integrity in corporations.

Always flies coach when traveling.

He is a huge fan of the series Breaking Bad (2008).

According to Forbes, he became the world's richest person with an estimated net worth of $62 billion (2008).

He still lives in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought in 1958.

Has admitted he still works in Business because he enjoys it despite the fact that he could have retired decades ago.

When he took over Berkshire Hathaway, it was an unknown textile mill. Now, it is one of the largest conglomerates in the world, and a Fortune 10 company.

In 1989, after having spent nearly $6.7 million of Berkshire's funds on a private jet, Buffett named it "The Indefensible". He is known to prefer public transportation.

Gave approximately 10 million Berkshire Hathaway B (net worth $30.7 billion) shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, making it the largest charitable donation in history (23 June 2006).

Diagnosed with stage-1 prostate cancer [April 17, 2012].

Gave away 99% of his money to nonprofit causes, primarily with the Gates Foundation.

Has three children: Susie, Howard Buffett and Peter Buffett.

His Net Worth is $72.7 billion.[Jan 2017].

He is the 12th cousin 6x removed of President James Madison. He voiced his cousin for the show Liberty's Kids (2002).

He is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

One of the largest shareholders of Coca-Cola, Gillette, Kraft, UPS and American Express, among other large corporations.

Was rejected from Harvard Business School.

Originally retired at 26, before buying Berkshire Hathaway.

According to Forbes magazine, his 2005 net worth is $44 billion.

Release of the book, "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life", by Alice Schroeder. (2008)

Although he has been a major investor in Apple Inc. for decades, he had only owned flip phones prior to buying his first smartphone, an iPhone 11 Pro, in 2020.

Father-in-law of Jennifer Buffett.

Forbes magazine estimated his personal net worth at $47 billion, making him the world's second richest American after friend Bill Gates whose personal net worth was a reported $53 billion. (February 2010)

No relation to Jimmy Buffett.

Living in abject poverty as a child during the Great Depression, he declared that if he didn't make his first million dollars by age 35 he would have committed suicide by "jumping off the tallest building in Omaha.".

Ex-father-in-law of Mary Buffett.