JC SiLent:You cant be that far away from me ; if we're looking on the same side of the moon
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Shld learn fr him to be a millionaire.. can't be so greedy mah..
There was a 1 hr interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the 2nd richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity.
Here are some very interesting aspects of Warren Buffet's life:
1. He bought his 1st share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha,tt he bought after he got married 50 yr ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by pte jet, although he owns the world's largest pte jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only 1 letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
He has given his CEO's only 2 rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time aft he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the 1st time only 5 yrs ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for 10 hrs and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
& 10:53 pm