daughter Susie lives in Omaha and does charitable work through the Susan A. Buffett Foundation (another tax shelter)
The bulk of the estate of his wife, valued at $2.6 billion, went to that foundation when she died in 2004
Buffett backed Obama for president, and intimated that John McCain’s views on social justice were so far from his own that McCain would need a “lobotomy” for Buffett to change his endorsement
Buffett was also finance advisor to California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during his 2003 election campaign
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The Billionaire’s Black Sheep
What’s it like when your grandpa is the richest man in the world? For Nicole Buffett, it means forgoing cable TV and health insurance and making do on $40,000 a year. Here, she dishes on her upbringing and why her grandfather Warren Buffett disowned her.
How do I apply for a grant from the Bill Gates Foundation?