Warren Buffett Infographic

WARREN BUFFETT THE ORACLE OF OMAHA Top 5 Richest People Wealth of Warren Buffett is in the World $44 billion Carlos Slim 1 $69 billion With this money he could pay the wages for 1,000,000 average US citizens for one year, Bill Gates 2. $61 billion or (3. Warren Buffett $44 billion he could buy a Cherry Coke and a cheeseburger for every person on the planet Bernard Arnault lex7 billion people 4. $41 billion 5. Amancio Ortega $37.5 billion Milestones in his life 1951 1930 1956 Master of Economics 1942 Warren Edward Buffett is born in from Columbia University Founds Buffett Warren buys his first stock Partnership Omaha, Nebraska 1959 1958 1969 Purchases the house he sill lives in today W. Buffett is introduced Takes over to Charlie Munger Berkshire Hathaway 1999 1970 W. Buffett starts writing his annual letters to Berkshire's shareholders Warren Buffett is named The Top Money Manager of the 20th Century 2006 Pledges to give more than 99% of his wealth to philantrophy Giying 99% Main Investment Principles Berkshire Hathaway only invests in a company, if The long-term prospects of the business are good The company is led by competent and honest managers The company's valuation is They understand their business very attractive Warren Buffett Investment Quotes I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. better businessman because I am an investor Charlie Munger We both (Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think. Berkshire Hathaway vs. S&P 500 If you had invested US$10,000 in 1964, you would have had... $80 million 600.000 Berkshire Hathaway 500.000 S&P 500 400.000 300.000 $9.1 milion 200.000 Investment of US$100 in Berkshire Hathaway or S&P 500 $2.9 $0.6 100.000 million million Templeton Growth Fund 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2011 Berkshire Fidelity Hathaway Magellan Fund S&P 500 .by the end of 2009 Warren Buffett's Hobbies Warren Buffett enjoys playing bridge and ukulele. Warren Buffett on Gold [Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head. BANK The Giving Pledge Giving 99% In 2006, Warren Buffett made the pledge that more than 99% of his wealth would go to philanthropy during his lifetime or upon his death. In 2010, Warren Buffett together with Bill and Melinda Gates asked hundreds of rich Americans to pledge at least 50% of their wealth to charity. Sources: Wikipedia, Berkshire Hathaway Letter 2011, Morningstar, Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report 2012, Wall St. Cheat Sheet, Investing Answers, Market Watch, Forbes, The Giving Pledge, WolframAlpha, Trustable Gold TRUSTABLE GOLD.com compare gold investments April 2012