Warren Buffett

Birthday: 30 August 1930, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Birth Name: Warren Edward Buffett

Height: 178 cm

Warren Buffett was born on August 30, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as Warren Edward Buffett. He is an actor, known for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Das Milliardenversprechen (2012) and The Berkshire Apprentice (2016). He has been married to Astrid Menks since August 30, 2006. He was previously married to Susan Thompson.

Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend ...Show more »

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. Show less «

[on forward-thinking] Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long ti...Show more »

[on forward-thinking] Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Show less «

Efficiency is required over time in capitalism. I don't know of any company that has a policy that s...Show more »

Efficiency is required over time in capitalism. I don't know of any company that has a policy that says 'We're going to have a lot more people than we need'. Show less «

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wro...Show more »

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong. Show less «

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

We can rise to any challenge, but not if people feel we're in a plutocracy. We have to get serious a...Show more »

We can rise to any challenge, but not if people feel we're in a plutocracy. We have to get serious about shared sacrifice. Show less «

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll...Show more »

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. Show less «

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks...Show more »

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars. Show less «

Investors... should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.

[on raising taxes on the wealthiest people] If you give me a choice between taking $1000 from twenty...Show more »

[on raising taxes on the wealthiest people] If you give me a choice between taking $1000 from twenty million families or hitting 50,000 people who shuffle money around all day, I'll take it from the people who shuffle money. Show less «

It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.