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Warren Buffett Wants Kids in His Secret Millionaire's Club
Some investment managers bid millions of dollars to have lunch with Warren Buffett, but kids will soon be able to benefit from his expertise for free through a new series of webisodes. The Secret Millionaire's Club is an animated series that features Buffett in cartoon form giving guidance on money matters to a group of kids. Don't expect lectures from the Oracle of Omaha; the interactive story lines are developed to keep kids' attention and inspire them to form healthy habits at a young age.
Lunch With Warren Buffett: Guess How Much?
Advice from a great business mind like Warren Buffett does not come cheap, as demonstrated by the amount raised by his annual charity auctions that award the highest bidder lunch with the billionaire. The auctions benefit Glide, which provides social services to San Francisco’s homeless and poor. The 2009 auction winners are a group of Canadian investment managers — can you guess how much they paid for their future lunch with Buffett?
Forbes List Reminds Us Billionaires Are Suffering Too
Billionaires! They're just like us! Well, they still have better Summer homes, private planes and much bigger blocks of gold, but Forbes reports the richest people in the world have gotten poorer along with the rest of us over the last year.
Biggest Headline of 2008: World's Richest Person Is a Different Name
What's the first word that comes to mind when you hear the name Bill Gates? Billions, perhaps? The self-made billionaire owned the title of World's Richest Person for 13 years until this year, when another household name, Warren Buffett, took it away.
Speakers Who Inspire: Maria Shriver, Jennifer Lopez, and More
What started out as a small government initiative for working women is now an event attended by thousands and draws only the most inspirational voices to speak. The 2008 Women's Conference was held in Long Beach, CA yesterday, hosted by Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The all-day conference drew a crowd of 14,000 international women from various professional walks of life and 60 speakers aiming to "empower and inspire women to become architects of change."
10 Tips For Getting Rich From Warren Buffett
The wealthiest man in the world is self-made billionaire Warren Buffett, and the $62 billion dollar man was gracious enough to sit down with Parade and discuss his 10 best tips for getting rich. I'm inspired by Buffett's entrepreneurial spirit and tenacity for success; here are his five tips I like best.
Guess Who?
Guess which daytime soap-opera star made an appearance at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders' meeting this weekend? Warren Buffett even let her address the crowd!
World's Richest Person Is a Different Name After 13 Years
Bill Gates' fortune has been trumped by that of Warren Buffett, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people. While Gates topped Vanity Fair's 2007 Windfall Report earlier this week, he fell from his number one spot as world's richest person after 13 years of owning the title. Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway CEO) is now proclaimed to be wealthiest with his $62 billion and Carlos Slim Helú (Mexican telecom tycoon) is number two with $60 billion to his name, while Bill Gates settled in at three with his $58 billion.
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Cheapest Family in America Tells Its Secrets
"Economides" may sound like a fictional last name in a book teaching kids about money, but it's in fact the fortuitous surname of the so-called "cheapest family in America." The Economides family, composed of parents Steve and Annette and their five kids, live in Arizona debt-free and on an annual income of about $44,000. Five of the seven family members were featured on a Today show segment yesterday that covered how the family handles Christmas spending, and spending in general.
How to Invest Like a Girl
While throwing or screaming like a girl haven't exactly been populated as compliments, investing may give the usually downer-descriptor a positive twist. The folks at The Motley Fool have given women investors the ultimate confidence boost by claiming that Warren Buffett, Mr. Richest Person in the World himself, invests like a girl. Buffett's long-term, patient approach to investing sets him apart from typical male investors who react to the market by transforming their portfolios.
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