In Omaha, Nebraska, an 11 -year -old boy holds his first action. It is the year 1941 and little Warren Buffett does not know yet, but he has just taken the first step to change the world of investments forever.
He has not even finished high school, but he understands something that most of the economic university staff will never fully understand: the value is not found where everyone is looking, but where no one expects to be.
It sells chewing gum, coca-cola and newspapers, saves the first dollars and at 14 years old invests in agricultural land. He rent it with profit. The world around him is still trying to recover after the great depression, but Warren is already long before, making a profit from almost anything, writes the Greek public of Naftemporiki.
The rest is legend. He is rejected from Harvard, accepted in Colombia, studies with his father and gradually creates his own system, based on patience, logic and a deep faith in the power of combined performance. He doesn't just want to figures. He wants people, management, brands of character, business with perspective.
Purchase that has changed everything
In 1965, he took control of a declining textile company called Berkshire Hathaway. No one cares-apart from him. Leads to recovery. But he does not see profits from textile materials, but a vehicle to buy other companies. In a few decades, Berkshire has purchased the most powerful portfolio in the world: Geico, Coca-Cola, American Express, Apple, See's Candies, BNSF Railway, Dairy Queen. The price of his shares increases from $ 8 to $ 740,000. Buffett becomes the most successful investor of all time.
And yet, he stays in Omaha. In the same house he bought in 1958. He eats cheeseburgers, drinks Coca-Cola, leads alone and laughs at the same jokes for decades.
On May 4, 2025, at the annual “pilgrimage” of Berkshire shareholders, also known as “Woodstock capitalists”, Buffett, 94, announces what everyone knew would happen one day-but no one was ready to hear: he teaches.
Greg Abel will take over the CEO function at the end of the year. Even Abel himself is surprised by the announcement. Buffett smiles and just says, “These are the news for today. Thank you for coming.”
Ignore the agitation and … wait
Beyond the figures, Buffett is something else: the consciousness of an entire investment. In the circles on Wall Street, some call it “anti-technology”, “outdated”, “romantic”. He, faithful to his own instinct, ignores the agitation, does not invest in something he does not understand. In the dot-com bula, he is excluded from the game. When the bubble breaks, he wins twice as much. When others run panicked, he buys.
“If you are not ready to have an action for 10 years, do not buy it even 10 minutes.”
His philosophy
But its inheritance is not only limited to stock markets. Is in charity. In 2006, he shocked the world announcing that he would donate 99% of his wealth, mainly to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Don't do it for glory. He does this because, as he says, “I am not excited about the idea of inherited property.” My children will have enough to do what they want, but not enough to do nothing. “
He himself does not leave an empire behind in the sense of a dynasty. A philosophy remains. An example. A way of thinking: simple, clear, long -term. As he once said, “If investments are not interesting, then you do something wrong.”
Now, at the end of the road, Warren Buffet is leaving without leaving. His physical presence withdraws from the spotlight, but his name will continue to be mentioned with admiration whenever someone tries to explain how you can become a legend without a fanfare, rich without boasting and influential without ever raising your voice.
He was one of the last authentic American capitalists. Buffett did not create wealth – he created confidence. In an era of speed, he preached the value of expectation. In an era of illusions, he preached the value of clarity. And in a period of noise, he chose to speak in a whisper.
