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Business|Highlights of Warren Buffett’s Life
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Mr. Buffett, 94, was crowned the “Oracle of Omaha” because of smart investments he made as the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway. He also made some mistakes.
May 4, 2025, 3:34 p.m. ET
Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, said he would step down from that position by the end of the year.
Mr. Buffett, 94, transformed Berkshire Hathaway, once a textile company, into a powerful business investor, making billions along the way.
Here’s a look back at some of the defining moments in his life.
Aug. 30, 1930
The ‘Oracle of Omaha’
In August 1930, Mr. Buffett was born in Omaha to Leila and Howard Buffett, an investment banker and future Republican congressman.
At 9 years old, he started studying the stock market.
“I used to chart all kinds of stock, the more numbers the better,” he told The New York Times Magazine in 1990.
He studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Nebraska and Columbia Business School before returning to Omaha.
1959
Meeting Charlie T. Munger
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