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Originally Posted by FS1992EG (Post 8466607)

As you failed my post and pat yourselves on the back.

And don't lecture me about privacy when you post a picture of his home.

You're right, posting a publicly available photo of his home taken from the street IS exactly the same as being the "never before heard inside voice" on a documentary expose of the family. :rolleyes:

Mark

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Originally Posted by lowside67 (Post 8466567)

He's an old school guy who came from absolutely no money and has not let being one of the world's richest people change his way of life virtually at all. I don't begrudge him for asking his family to respect a code of silence to keep his life private, and he's well within his rights to not financially support his adopted grand-daughter regardless of whether or not she spoke out against him.

Mark

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Originally Posted by FS1992EG (Post 8466607)

Warren Buffet came from nothing, that's true. It's speaks to someone's character when they believe that they are right and no one else's opinion matters.

And don't lecture me about privacy when you post a picture of his home.

Why do you guys think he came from nothing? His father owned a brokerage firm and was a congressman and his grandparents owned a grocery business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Buffett
But yea the way he treats his family IMO is brutal

I should have been more careful with my words - it's not that his family didn't have any money, it's that he wasn't given a bunch of it - he started out with his own money from his own odd jobs, then started raising money from his friends, then acquaintances, etc.

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Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8466684)

Whats his field?

His field is making money. And judging by how he is the 5th richest person in the world, I'd argue he must be pretty fucking good at it.

The man is brilliant. There is no denying that. Whether you like him or not is a matter of opinion.