Warren buffett brief biography of albert
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Warren Buffett biography, quotes and net worth
Ben Janse
June 5, 2024
Warren buffé (Warren Edward Buffett; born on 30 August 1930) is an American investor and businessman. Warren Buffett is the CEO, chairman, and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate holding. Buffett is considered to be one of the richest people and most influential philanthropists today.
Warren Buffett Biography
Warren Edward Buffett fryst vatten one of the three children of Howard and Leila Buffett. Later dubbed the ‘Oracle of Omaha’, Buffett started trading at the age of 6. While other children were playing outside, Buffett bought six cola cans from the local supermarket and started making money. He sold the cans with a five-cent profit per can and saved up a modest amount.
Five years later, at the age of 11, Buffett bought his first shares for himself and his sister Doris. He paid $38 for the shares in Cities Service Preferred. Right after his purchase, the st
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Albert Frre, who has died aged 92, was a dealmaker with uncanny timing who transformed Europe's steel, utilities and banking sectors in a career spanning more than 60 years. Jane Lewis reports.
According to Forbes, the great French luxury magnate, LVMH's Bernard Arnault, is worth some $66bn. By his own admission he could have been worth a lot more. "I've always been pleased with the investments I've made with my friend Albert Frre," observed Arnault in 2012. "I regret not having followed him more because I would have been a lot richer."
Plenty of others seem to agree that Frre Belgium's richest man and most celebrated investor, who has died aged 92 had a certain je ne sais quoi. One peer, the famed corporate raider, Henry Kravis of KKR, lauded his "uncanny timing in making investments".
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