Warren Buffett is an American businessman, investor, and Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He was born on August 30, 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and later his Master of Science in Economics at Columbia. He started Buffett Partnership Ltd. in 1956 and by 1965 he took control of Berkshire Hathaway. Dubbed the ‘Oracle of Omaha’, he became a millionaire in 1962, a billionaire in 1990, and was named the world’s wealthiest person in 2008. Warren Buffett is still alive and his estimated net worth is $105 billion.
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