Warren Buffet

CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

The most successfull investor in the world.

Here's a time line of Warren Buffet's life:

1930	Born as the 2nd son of a broker in Omaha,Nebraska.
1936	Made his first money with buying six-packs of coke-cans for 25cent and selling them for 6 cent per can.
1941	Had his first experience with the stock market as he bought 3 prefered shares of "Cities Service".
1951	Earns a Master of Science in Economics from Columbia University.
1951	Buffett marries Susan Thompson at Dundee Presbyterian Church. The next year they had their first child, Susan Alice.
1954	Buffett accepts a job at Benjamin Graham's partnership.
1962	He bacame a millionaire because of his partnerships - which had an excess of >7 Mio$ (>1Mio$ belongs to him)
1973-1988	With his investment-holding "Berkshire-Hathaway", he begins buying large amount of stakes in companys like "Washington Post Company","ABC", "Coca Coly Company" and much more.
1990	Became a billionaire on the paper as he starts to sell Berkshire Shares A.
2008	Buffett became the richest person in the world, with a total net worth estimated at $62 billion
Today	Even though he continuously donate billions of dollars to charity, he is still the sixth richest man in the U.S. (~$115 billion)

Unknown Facts about Warren Buffet:

• Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.
• Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies, including insurer Geico, battery maker Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen.
• The son of a U.S. congressman, he first bought stock at age 11 and first filed taxes at age 13.
• He has promised to donate over 99% of his wealth. So far he has given more than $45 billion, mostly to the Gates Foundation and his kids' foundations.
• In 2010, he and Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge, asking billionaires to commit to donating at least half of their wealth to charitable causes.

Some of his best investing rules including:

1. Invest in companies with vigilant leadership.
2. Invest in companies with long term prospects.
3. Invest in stable stocks.
4. Invest in stocks with an attractive intrinsic value
5. Invest in companys with an easy to understand business model

Everyone who gave Warren Buffett just a little bid money became ridiculously rich: