Warren Buffett’s name is practically synonymous with his biggest success: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A). Warren became an integral part of Berkshire Hathaway in the early 1960s and helped the company expand into one of the largest conglomerates in the world. In 1956, his path to success began to acce

Warren Buffett has pledged to give away 99% of his wealth to philanthropic causes. Approximately 83% of that will go to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and much of the rest will be distributed to the foundations of his children. He is a very hands-off philanthropist, preferring to entrust his wealth to those he knows will spend it wisely on worthwhile philanthropic causes. Buffett has pledged 10 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock to the Gates Foundation over a period of years.

In addition to supporting the Gates Foundation, Buffett has pledged Berkshire Hathaway stock to each of his children's foundations, worth more than $2 billion each. These foundations include Peter and Jennifer Buffett's NoVo foundation, which seeks to empower adolescent girls and end violence against women; the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, which focuses on food and water security, conflict mitigation, endangered mammal conservation, and local community support; and Susan Buffett's Sherwood Foundation, which focuses on early childhood education both in Nebraska and nationally and on rural and urban community development in Nebraska.

Warren Buffett sold chewing gum door-to-door at the tender age of six

1950 - 1951 Columbia University New York

1950 - 1950 University of Pennsylvania

1950 - 1950 University of Nebraska Lincoln