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Warren Buffett born 1930
Warren Buffett is the chairman, CEO, and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, a financial services and investment firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Often recognized for his successful leadership and foresight, he is regularly listed as one of the wealthiest individuals in the world.
Buffett, who made his first investment at age eleven, started out in investment sales before branching out into investment partnerships.He acquired the textile manufacturer Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 and then sold the mill to concentrate on investments. Buffett is known for his belief in long-term value investing and still lives in the house he purchased in 1958. Personally frugal and modest, he has pledged to give most of his immense fortune to philanthropic causes.
Buffett and Ian Cumming were friends and occasional partners in business ventures. Speaking of their mutual connection, Buffett once remarked, "Ian Cumming is the only person who could have talked me into sitting for a portrait."
Robert McCurdy (born 1952)
Oil on canvas, 2013
Gift of Ian M. and Annette P. Cumming |