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Who is Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett

About Warren Buffett

Who is Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is a businessman, philanthropist and one of the most successful and widely respected investors globally. His net worth was estimated at $71.8 billion as of July 2020. Buffet's investment philosophy is widely followed around the globe.
 
 
 
Early years and education
 
Born in Omaha, US, in 1930, Buffet developed an interest in the business world and started investing at an early age, including in the stock market. His father, Howard, was a stockbroker with his own brokerage firm, and his mother Leila was a housewife. Buffett had two sisters, one older than him and one younger. At eleven years old, he
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BYD's $18 bn rout shows fallout of price war among EV makers in China

Traders are growing wary about BYD's prospects after the electric vehicle maker's dealers slashed prices of some models to boost sales

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Updated On : 06 Mar 2023 | 12:27 PM IST

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys stock worth $4.1 bn in TSMC

TSMC's other foreign investors include U.S. asset managers BlackRock Inc and Vanguard Group Inc, and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC

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Updated On : 15 Nov 2022 | 5:16 PM IST

All eyes on Buffett, Son India stakes as Rs 1.15-trillion lock-ups end

While high-profile tech IPOs have met with strong demand from the growing herd of retail investors, market pros have been more neutral on the stocks

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Updated On : 07 Nov 2022 | 10:38 PM IST

Paytm, Nykaa among tech stocks under watch as lock-in period ends

Lock-ups end in November for four consumer-focused tech stocks, which have all slumped in the past month

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Updated On : 07 Nov 2022 | 2:58 PM IST

Sale of Warren Buffett portrait raises lesser funds than $19 mn lunch bid

The auction of a high-tech portrait of Warren Buffett didn't come close to matching the $19 million someone paid earlier this year for a private lunch with the billionaire, but it still raised $75,100

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Updated On : 31 Aug 2022 | 9:27 AM IST

Buffett's Berkshire trims stake in China's BYD, a holding since 2008

Buffett's company had acquired 225 million BYD shares in 2008, giving it a 7.73% stake, equal to the 20.49% stake in H shares, according to BYD's annual report

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Updated On : 30 Aug 2022 | 8:15 PM IST

Warren Buffett's company likely to keep investing in Occidental Petroleum

Warren Buffett's company received clearance to boost its 20% stake in Occidental Petroleum to as much as 50%, but it's not immediately clear how many more shares Berkshire Hathaway plans to buy

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Updated On : 23 Aug 2022 | 7:29 AM IST

Warren Buffett's company has bet over $45 billion on the oil sector

Occidental's stock jumped nearly 5% Tuesday to trade for USD 62.89 after Buffett revealed his latest purchases of nearly 6.7 million Occidental shares worth more than USD 400 million.

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Updated On : 09 Aug 2022 | 10:45 PM IST

Warren Buffett's firm owns nearly $11 bn of Occidental Petroleum's stock

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now owns nearly $11 billion worth of Occidental Petroleum stock after buying another 1.9 million shares in the past week

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Updated On : 20 Jul 2022 | 9:00 AM IST

Did Buffett and Munger see the one wrinkle in BYD's stellar performance?

After years of sitting on an over 20 per cent stake in China's BYD Co, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway may be mulling an exit

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Updated On : 18 Jul 2022 | 11:15 AM IST

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys more Occidental Petroleum shares

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now controls nearly 20% of Occidental Petroleum's stock after picking up another $250 million worth of shares of the oil producer this week

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2022 | 6:59 AM IST

Buffett's Berkshire tweaks bank play with $2.9-billion bet on Citi

Buffett, Berkshire's chief executive officer and chairman, his investing deputies have been on one of Berkshire's biggest buying sprees, with about $41 billion of net purchases during first quarter

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Updated On : 17 May 2022 | 6:34 PM IST

As medals come in, there is a new silver lining in India's bridge room

The Indian seniors did an incredible job given that two of the three partnerships were ad hoc

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Updated On : 05 May 2022 | 6:04 AM IST

Warren Buffett back in buying spree with deals worth $41 bn in Q1: Report

Bloomberg reported that the purchase provided a boost to its Chevron Corp stake that vaulted the investment into Berkshire's top four common stock holdings

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Updated On : 01 May 2022 | 4:30 PM IST

Berkshire meeting: Buffett defends investments and slams Wall Street

Buffett, 91, who is Berkshire's chairman and chief executive, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, 98, fielded questions in a downtown arena in Omaha, Nebraska

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Updated On : 30 Apr 2022 | 10:21 PM IST

Thousands likely at Warren Buffett's meeting but not all are happy

Most attending the company's first in-person meeting since the pandemic want to be there just for the chance to hear from the 91-year-old Buffett and his 98-year-old investing partner, Charlie Munger

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Updated On : 30 Apr 2022 | 11:36 AM IST

Warren Buffett to auction off one last private lunch for charity

Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, held the lunch auction once a year for 20 years before the pandemic began to raise money for the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless in San Francisco

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Updated On : 25 Apr 2022 | 8:54 PM IST

Gautam Adani surpasses Buffett to become fifth-richest person: Forbes

Adani's estimated $123.7-billion net worth makes him the richest person in India

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Updated On : 25 Apr 2022 | 6:16 PM IST

HP soars 14.8%, sets record after Buffett reveals $4.2 billion stake

Shares of HP closed up $5.15, or 14.8%, at $40.06, after earlier rising to $41.46.

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2022 | 6:59 AM IST

Warren Buffett ends drought with Berkshire's $11.6 bn Alleghany purchase

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway struck an agreement to buy insurance company Alleghany Corp for $11.6 bn, weeks after the 91-year-old billionaire bemoaned a lack of good investment opportunities

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Updated On : 22 Mar 2022 | 7:47 AM IST