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Buffett was the granddaughter of Ernest Buffett, who operated a family grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska. Her father Howard Homan Buffett founded the Omaha based investment business Buffett-Falk & Company in 1931. [6] She was the oldest sister of Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, and the third-wealthiest person in the world.
A lesson from Bertie Buffett. Bertie Buffett, now 90, is Warren’s younger sister. She’s not a financial guru like her brother, nor has she tried to be. ... Buffett wrote of his sister’s ...
Warren Buffett said he would gift Berkshire stock worth $1.2 billion to family foundations. ... He added that his two sisters, Doris and Bertie, grew up with fewer opportunities than him.
Buffett said he always writes his letter with smart, long-term investors like his sister Bertie in mind and tries to tell them what he thinks they would like to know about Berkshire.
[177] [178] Warren Buffett was also supportive of his sister Doris Buffett's Letters Foundation and Learning By Giving Foundation. [ 179 ] [ 180 ] In November 2022, Buffett made a donation of $750 million in Berkshire Hathaway shares to four charitable foundations run by his children. 1.5 million Class B shares of his conglomerate to the Susan ...
Rose Blumkin (née Gorelick; December 3, 1893 – August 9, 1998) was an American businesswoman who founded the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1937. [1] Businessman Warren Buffett said of her, "One question I always ask myself in appraising a business is how I would like, assuming I had ample capital and skilled personnel, to compete with it.
Buffett often uses his sister, Bertie, as an example of a typical Berkshire Hathaway shareholder. Bertie knows to ignore the pundits and buzz surrounding certain investments.
Susan Thompson Buffett (June 15, 1932 – July 29, 2004) was an American activist for the causes of civil rights, abortion rights and birth control, and the first wife of investor Warren Buffett. She was a director of Berkshire Hathaway , owning 2.2 percent of the company worth about $3 billion at the time of her death, [ 1 ] making her the ...