An anonymous person will pay over $ 19 million to eat dinner with billionaire Warren Buffett. This is a new record. The money will go to the Glide charity in San Francisco.
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The eBay online auction ended Friday night. Never before has an auction winner paid so much for the opportunity to meet a legendary investor. The previous record, set in 2019, was $ 4.57 million. Lunch was then auctioned by Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and investor.
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The winner of this year’s auction is not yet known. It is known that he can take seven friends to lunch with Buffett. The meeting will be held at the Smith & Wollensky restaurant in Manhattan, New York. During the meeting, Buffett is willing to talk about almost anything, but he certainly won’t reveal what he is investing in.
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The first lunch auction with an investor took place in 2000, on the initiative of Buffett’s first wife, Susan (died in 2004). She was a volunteer in the Glide foundation. No auctions were held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lunch with Warren Buffett
The proceeds from the auction will go to San Francisco’s Glide charity. It offers free meals, medical services, childcare, housing and vocational training for the poorest and homeless.
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Buffett, 91, president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., raised a total of $ 53.2 million in 21 annual auctions.
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Waren Buffett is known for donating a large part of his fortune to charity. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his fortune is estimated at $ 93.3 billion.
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The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a ranking of the richest people in the world. It is updated every day after the listing on the New York Stock Exchange is closed. Buffett is ranked eighth.
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