17 Facts About Warren Buffett And His Wealth That Will Blow Your Mind
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Aug 18, 2017, 23:26 IST
99% of Buffett's wealth was earned after his 50th birthday.
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Berkshire's Book Value beat the S&P 500 in 43 out of 44 years on a 5-year rolling average basis
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Among legends, Buffett has the longest track record for beating the market.
Buffett's net worth of $63.3 billion is greater than the combined 2013 GDP's of Ghana and Cambodia.
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In 2013, Buffett made on average $37 million per day — that's more than what Jennifer Lawrence made the entire year.
You could pay the college tuition of 6 NYU students with what Warren Buffett made in a single hour in 2013.
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Buffett made his first stock purchase the same year that Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Buffett has so far donated enough money in his lifetime to build 4 Apple "Spaceship" Campuses.
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You could increase the annual salary of every North Korean living in Pyongyang by 50% if you took Buffett's donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and distributed it evenly to them.
Buffett is "ready" to double his investment in renewable energy — bringing the total to an amount that could build 46 Burj Al Arab's.
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In 2014, a Singapore man bid $2.2 million for lunch with Warren Buffett. That amount could've provided 9,746 students with a calculus textbook.
Berkshire Hathaway's cash balance is at $50 billion — that's equal to the entire GDP of South Dakota plus 45 Airbus A318's.
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If you invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1970, you'd have $4.86 million today.
If you invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1980, you'd have $531,165 today.
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If you invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990, you'd have $28,785 today.
If you invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 2000, you'd have $2,218 today.
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If you invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway the year that Warren Buffett became the majority shareholder, you'd be up to $10.50 million today.