Warren Buffett has lived in the same house for more than 50 years. Unlike many billionaires who have large mansions and splurge on exorbitant homes, Warren Buffett has kept it simple. He lives a short 5-minute drive away from his office and has always been perfectly happy living where he does.
Warren Buffett probably receives thousands of letters a day, but for those who want to try to reach him, here is some useful info –
Warren Buffett’s house address:
5505 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68132
United States of America
Warren Buffett’s office address:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
3555 Farnam Street
Suite 1440
Omaha, NE 68131
United States of America
In an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS’s “Person to Person” in Feb 2012, Warren Buffett quips, “I have every possession I want. I have a lot of friends who have a lot more possessions. But in some cases, I feel the possession possess them, rather than the other way around.” So being wealthy does not have to translate into enormous houses – wouldn’t a big house feel very empty if all you have are a few people living in it?
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Warren Buffett loves his office just as much as his home, though he was very reluctant to get an office in his early years. He used to work simply from home in his early years, until the scale of his business finally necessitated moving into a larger office and hiring a few assistants. Nonetheless, despite the need for an office, he is pleased with his present office and quips that it “is home” to him.
Warren Buffett quotes on money. How Warren Buffett got rich and his attitude towards money.
Strong Conviction that he will be rich
Biographies of Warren Buffett such as Alice Schroeder’s ‘Snowball’ and Roger Lowenstein’s ‘Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist’ often describe how this man who was at one time the richest man on the planet had a strong conviction that he will one day be rich even as a precocious young child. He would tell his classmates and neighbors that he would be rich before he turned thirty-five in a perfectly serious tone, with not a touch of arrogance or idealism – he just saw it as a foregone conclusion. He told Mary Falk that would make a million dollars before he turned thirty – a less audacious goal now, but very audacious back then.
The Fun of Making Money
One of Warren Buffett’s favorite books as a child was ‘One Thousand Ways to Make $1,000’. From peddling newspaper subscriptions to investing in pinball machines, Warren Buffett constantly thought about ways to make money. However, this desire to make a lot of money did not stem from a love of money itself. Warren Buffett was often cited as saying that he likes money not for money’s sake – rather, he likes the fun of making money and watching the marvel of money compounding – sometimes called the 8th wonder of the world.
Child of the Great Depression
Warren E. Buffett was born in 1930. As a child born during the Great Depression, Warren Buffett has strong memories of what it was like to grow up in such an era. He has a newspaper clipping of the 1929 stock market crash in plain view on his wall as a constant reminder to himself not to get caught up in the madness of crowds and the euphoria of the market.
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