#4 Warren Buffett

CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Photo by Timothy Archibald/The Forbes Collection

REAL TIME NET WORTH

$87.1B
as of 1/6/21
$1.1 B | 1.27%
Reflects change since 5 PM ET of prior trading day
  • 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 $41 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.
Stats
Age90
Source of WealthBerkshire Hathaway, Self Made
ResidenceOmaha, Nebraska
CitizenshipUnited States
Marital StatusWidowed, Remarried
Children3
EducationBachelor of Arts/Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln; Master of Science, Columbia University

Did you know

Buffett still lives in the same Omaha, Nebraska home he purchased in 1958 for $31,500.
Buffett was rejected from Harvard Business School; he got a master's in economics from Columbia University instead.

Net worth over time

$60.8B
Billionaires
March 2016
$65.5B
Forbes 400
October 2016
$75.6B
Billionaires
March 2017
$78B
Forbes 400
October 2017
$84B
Billionaires
March 2018
$88.3B
Forbes 400
October 2018
$82.5B
Billionaires
March 2019
$80.8B
Forbes 400
October 2019
$67.5B
Billionaires
April 2020
$73.5B
Forbes 400
September 2020

Rational people don't risk what they have and need for what they don't have and don't need.

Warren Buffett

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Sep 13, 2020

The Real Warren Buffett Anomaly, And How To Profit From It

Warren Buffett is famous for “value investing.” But his methods are hard to copy, and “value” has “massively underperformed” the broader market for the past decade. There is another way to profit from his investing decisions, which is simple, reliable, and readily available to ordinary investors.
Key Connections
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