He's also putting substantial capital into foundations run by his children: the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.

Buffett, 94, was born in Omaha in 1930, the second of three children, according to CNBC. His father, Howard, was in the investment business and was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1942.

At 94 years old, Warren Buffett stunned the investor world when he announced he was stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. But he had a simple answer for why he decided to hand over the ...

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