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Warren Buffett. Second Richest Man in the World. Warren’s significant impact on business world and society. He invested a lot of money to stock market. He thought the others how to invest money and influence a lot of people to get into stock market. He donates his money to charities. .
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Warren Buffett Second Richest Man in the World
Warren’s significant impact on business world and society. • He invested a lot of money to stock market. • He thought the others how to invest money and influence a lot of people to get into stock market. • He donates his money to charities.
Warren’s beginnings • He had huge interest for business since he was a little kid. • His first investment was when he was six years old where he made five cent profit. • He bought his first share of stock when he was eleven. It wasn’t great success but he was patient.
Going to college was never his intension but his father urged him into it which was great opportunity for Warren. • He graduated from college in only three years. After that he applies into Harvard Business school where he gets regretted for being too young. • That gives him chance to go to Columbia where he spends next few years with famous investor Ben Graham
Warren’s Strategy • Estimate a fair value for a company. • Buy only if the price is safely below that value. • Look for a strong dividend policy as a signal of financial strength.
Warrens biggest success • Gains control of Berkshire Hathaway. He bought Berkshire in 1957. • He bought See’ Candy the gourmet chocolate maker. • Buying Nebraska Furniture Mart • He bought Scott & Fetzer • Buying 7% of Coca-Cola
Warren Buffett and Charity • Warren Buffett is donating nearly $31 billion worth of stock in Berkshire Hathaway to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Gates Foundation has funded scholarships for underrepresented minority college students, AIDS prevention, and diseases that strike mainly in the Third World such as polio, whooping cough, measles, and yellow fever.
Warren Buffett’s quotes • “The fact that people will be full of greed, fear or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable." "I would rather be certain of a good result than hopeful of a great one." "I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.“ “ I don't try to jump over 7-foot bars. I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” “Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.”