exposition

2. Warren Edward
Buffett

4. He was born on August 30, 1930
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

6. Is an American business magnate, investor and
philanthropist. He is the most successful
investor in the world.
Buffett is the chairman, CEO and
largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway

8. Buffett displayed an interest in business and
investing at a young age. Much of Buffett's early
childhood years were enlivened with
entrepreneurial ventures. One of his first
business ventures, Buffett sold chewing gum,
Coca-Cola bottles, or weekly magazines door to
door. He worked in his grandfather's grocery
store.

10. In 1962, Buffett became a millionaire because of
his partnerships, which in January 1962 had an
excess of $7,178,500, of which over $1,025,000
belonged to Buffett. He merged these
partnerships into one. Buffett invested in and
eventually took control of a textile
manufacturing firm, Berkshire Hathaway

12. Buffett became a paper billionaire when
Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares
on May 29, 1990, with the market closing at
US$7,175 a share.

14. On August 14, 2014, the price of Berkshire
Hathaway's shares hit US$200,000 a share for
the first time, capitalizing the company at
US$328 billion. While Buffett had given away
much of his stock to charities by this time, he
still held 321,000 shares worth US$64.2 billion.

16. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational
conglomerate holding company headquartered in
Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The company wholly
owns GEICO, BNSF, Lubrizol, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the
Loom, Helzberg Diamonds, FlightSafety International,
and NetJets, and also owns 26% of the Kraft Heinz
Company an undisclosed percentage of Mars,
Incorporated, and significant minority holdings in
American Express, The Coca-Cola Company, Wells
Fargo, IBM, Apple and Restaurant Brands International.

18. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Revenue US$ 210.82 billion
Total assets US$ 552.25 billion
Total equity US$ 255.55 billion
Number of employees 331,000