How much would you pay for an hour-long lunch with Warren Buffett? A person whose name has not been released (and is believed to be very, very rich) paid $19 million to dine with the billionaire at a restaurant that has the reputation has to serve one of the best Manhattan steaks. The goal is to gain access to the valuable knowledge of one of the richest men in the world, whose investments are analyzed in detail by Wall Street. It is not for nothing that he is considered the oracle of Omaha, the city in Nebraska where he was born 91 years ago, and is revered as a kind of Master Yoda of finance.
The news of the auction, made by eBay and generating great expectations, has made waves on the networks, certainly because it offers numerous elements for the debate about the lives of the rich: how can this sum be spent on food? with someone? Who has the money to pay that much for a lunch? Shouldn’t they pay more taxes? Others emphasize that the proceeds go to a good cause (the 19 million go to the NGO Glide) and do not understand the criticism.
“Honestly, there are people who have too much money,” says one comment. “The first advice he’ll give you will be that you shouldn’t have spent that money on a dinner party,” reads another. “Would you pay that if you had the money?”, “That there is someone who can pay that for a buffet meal is a sign that a special wealth tax needs to be created,” says another tweeter from the UNITED STATES. “It’s a joke? I live on 800 euros a month…”. Another user of the network recalls that “while precarious salaries are paid to the templates” and “the first advice that Buffett will give him [de quien se dice que no abona más de cuatro dólares por un desayuno] It will be that no more money will be spent on these things. A Twitter user recalled that the initiative was based on a good deed: “It’s not a big deal for an NGO either; he gives himself the money and eats at the buffet”.
Buffett, considered one of the best investors in history, president of Berkshire Hathaway, does not have a Twitter account. Nor does he need it. Your investment tips also circulate in the networks, they are commented on, questioned and/or praised by thousands of users. They sometimes serve as a basis for reflections on the development of capricious financial markets. There’s even an account dedicated just to this one. “Be wary of investment activity that elicits applause; the best moves are usually greeted with yawns,” the tycoon quoted a message as saying. If you were to count the number of times you could find Buffett’s advice on the Internet, it would surely never end… A classic: “Rule number one is never lose money, and rule number two is never forget rule number one”.
Beware of the investment activity that draws applause; The big moves are usually greeted with yawns.
– Warren Buffett quotes 💸 | Investing & Finance (@QuoteBuffett) June 24, 2022
Of course, to become a multimillionaire, it is not enough to follow these recommendations, although they will surely inspire many. In reality, everything related to billionaires generates a lot of activity on the networks and it is enough to type #billionaires or #billionaires to verify this. Debates about the richest in the world, the youngest, the most famous, those who donate the most money to NGOs, the oldest…. A curious classification of the richest in history places Musa I first, known as Mansa Musa, King of the Kings of the kingdom of Mali (now Ghana and Mali), who lived between 1280 and 1337 and owned the world’s largest gold and salt mines. He was the richest ruler of his day, and if inflation is factored in, his fortune would be the largest ever amassed by a single person: $400,000 million.