17 Mind-Blowing Facts About Warren Buffett And His Wealth
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Warren Buffett has been incredibly successful, and he's extremely wealthy. Warren Buffett's wealth jumped by around $12.7 billion in 2013 alone. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">But how much </span>is<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> $12.7 billion anyway?</span>
And how good an investor is Warren Buffett really? We've put together some facts that really put him in perspective.<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">
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<h3>99% of Buffett's wealth was earned after his 50th birthday.</h3>
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Buffett made $62.7 billion of his $63.3 billion net worth after his 50th birthday.
<span>$60 billion - nearly 95% - is from after his 60</span><span>th birthday.</span><span>
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<span>Talk about long-term investment strategies.</span>
Source: Fool
<h3>Berkshire's Book Value beat the S&P 500 in 43 out of 44 years on a five-year rolling average basis.</h3>
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From 2008 to 2013, the S&P 500 returned 128%, while Berkshire (based on book value per Class A share) returned 80%.
Source: Berkshire Hathaway, Business Insider
<h3>Among legends, Buffett has the longest track record for beating the market.</h3>
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That chart compares investors with the S&P 500 over time. You can see the longevity of Buffett's outperformance is greater than that of other great investors.
Source: Business Insider
<h3>Buffett's net worth of $63.3 billion is greater than the combined 2013 GDP of Ghana and Cambodia.</h3>
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Ghana's 2013 GDP was estimated to be $47,928,717,949.
Cambodia's 2013 GDP was estimated to be $15,249,684,397.
Warren Buffett's wealth currently makes him the world's third-richest man.
Source: Forbes
<h3>In 2013, Buffett made on average $37 million per day — that's more than what Jennifer Lawrence made the entire year.</h3>
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According to Forbes, Jennifer Lawrence was the second-highest-paid actress in 2013 and she is estimated to have made $34 million that year.
Warren Buffett made $37 million per day in 2013.
Source: MarketWatch
<h3>You could pay the college tuition of six NYU students with what Buffett made in a single hour in 2013.</h3>
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NYU is the most expensive university in the U.S. - four years there cost $247,908.
Buffett made $1.5 million per hour in 2013.
Source: CNBC
<h3>Buffett made his first stock purchase the same year that Pearl Harbor was bombed.</h3>
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Warren Buffett's first stock purchase was in 1941 - he bought three preferred shares for himself and three for his sister at $38. The stock dropped nearly 30%, and when it finally got back up to $40, Buffett sold. A few months later, the stock soared to $200.
Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7 of that year.
Source: Old School Value
<h3>Buffett has so far donated enough money in his lifetime to build four Apple "Spaceship" Campuses.</h3>
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Buffett has donated a lifetime total of $20 billion - the second-highest amount (following that of Bill Gates).
The Apple Campus is a $5 billion project.
Source: Forbes
<h3>You could increase the annual salary of every North Korean living in Pyongyang by 50% if you took Buffett's donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and distributed it evenly to them.</h3>
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North Korea's capital Pyongyang has a population of 2.843 million. And the average North Korean makes an estimated $1,000 to $2,000 per year (so we used the number $1,500).
Buffett donated $2.1 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. That means that every person in Pyongyang would hypothetically get $738.65 - an amount that is 49.2% of the annual per capita earnings in North Korea.
Keep in mind, however, that Buffett's donation is in class B shares<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">.</span>
Source: CNBC
<h3>Buffett is "ready" to double his investment in renewable energy — bringing the total to an amount that could build 46 Burj Al Arabs.</h3>
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Buffett already has $15 billion invested in solar and wind energy, and he is prepared to commit another $15 billion.
Dubai glitzy hotel, the Burj Al Arab, cost $650 million to build.
Source: Bloomberg
<h3>In 2014, a Singapore man bid $2.2 million for lunch with Buffett. That amount could've provided 9,746 students with a calculus textbook.</h3>
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In case you don't have college-age kids yet, textbooks are extremely expensive. The one that we used in our calculation costs $225.72.
Source: Omaha.com
<h3>Berkshire Hathaway's cash balance is at $50 billion — that's equal to the entire GDP of South Dakota plus 45 Airbus A318s.</h3>
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Berkshire Hathaway currently has over $50 billion in cash.
The GDP of South Dakota in 2013 was $46.732 billion.
An Airbus A318 costs $71.9 million.
Source: Bloomberg News
<h3>If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1970, that amount would be $4.86 million higher today.</h3>
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Berkshire Hathaway closed at $41 at the end of 1970.
On Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway closed at $ 199,562.
Source: Yahoo Finance
<h3>If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1980, that amount would be $532,165 higher today.</h3>
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Berkshire Hathaway closed at $375 on Aug. 12, 1980.
On Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway closed at $ 199,562.
Source: Yahoo Finance
<h3>If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990, that amount would be $29,785 higher today.</h3>
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Berkshire Hathaway closed at $6,700 on Aug. 13, 1990.
On Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway closed at $ 199,562.
Source: Yahoo Finance
<h3>If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 2000, that amount would be $3,218 higher today.</h3>
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Berkshire Hathaway closed at $62,400 on Aug. 11, 2000.
<span>On Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway closed at $</span><span>199,562.</span>
Source: Yahoo Finance
<h3>If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway the year that Buffett became the majority shareholder, that amount would be $10.5 million higher today.</h3>
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In 1964 - the year Buffett became a majority shareholder - the stock was valued at $19 per share.
<span>On Tuesday, Berkshire Hathaway closed at $</span><span>199,562.</span>
Source: Yahoo Finance
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