1. Warren Buffett
The Investment Guru

2. The start
• Paper boy at age 14
• Placed 3 pin ball machines in stores during
high school
• University of Pennsylvania then University of
Nebraska‐Lincoln after high school for a BS in
economics
• Made first million dollars at age 32 from
investing

3. The Path to Success
• Bought many companies, including ones such
as Fruit of the Loom, Coca Cola, and Geico
• Saw potential to make a lot of money
• Steers clear of companies that specialize in
subjects he has little knowledge of like
technology.

4. Berkshire Hathaway
• Main big wig company, Berkshire Hathaway‐
stock rose 4000 fold over past 40 years.
• Started at $18 per share, now worth over
$124,400 per share
• Went from textiles to insurance, then added
the cash cow Geico Insurance

5. The philosophy
• He will never buy stock in a company and sell
right away like most
• Buy then wait, he will wait forever for the price
to rise
• Never increases salary more than $100,000
because million dollar salaries, in his mind, were
the cause of economic downturns which can be
seen today.
• Openly criticizes and blames all CEOs, CFOs, and
COOs with large salaries and bonuses for the
economic recession

6. Buffett Gives Back
• “you can’t take it with you”
• In order to level the American playing field, he
will give 99% of his 44 billion dollars to charities
when he dies and leave only $5 million to each
his children.
• 12.1 million dollars a year to charities as of now
• 85 percent of his current wealth is to be donated
to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help find
cures for disease.

7. Even More Money Than One Could
Ask For
• One day in 1999, Buffett donated 134 million
dollars to a single charity
• 1.5 billion dollars a year to Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.