| "By the time you get to be my age, you want to know | | | | Some ask, when I reveal our having known him, only |
| just how many of the people who love you, actually | | | | slightly, whether I wish I had invested with him. Well, that |
| do love you!" Warren Buffett, the sage of Omaha and | | | | would have been smart and nice. I guess I'm not too |
| originator of this quote, was an acquaintance from our | | | | smart. The nice part I will never miss, because I didn't. |
| 20 years in that wonderful Midwestern city. His wife | | | | But, what I am glad of is that I knew him and I find in his |
| Susie, now deceased, was heavily involved in a | | | | life discipline a lot of very powerful lessons. |
| number of community organizations. She was a true | | | | Much has been written and reported about him. Most |
| friend and a wonderful advocate of the | | | | of that has to do with his "financial genius." But, what I |
| disenfranchised. | | | | find appealing is his bottom line caring for his family, his |
| So, over the years, I have always been intrigued with | | | | long term colleagues, his thoughtful judgment, his love |
| the goings on of this man and his circle. He lives in a | | | | of Coke and See's Candies, and his dedication to a |
| home on Farnam street, not ostentatious, but practical. | | | | town that has been his home his whole life. |
| He is a remarkable and impressive human being. He | | | | In a person like him, one needs to look beyond the |
| and a pal exercised his financial brilliance by setting up | | | | stars in ones eyes, and see the deep down, |
| pin ball machines in barber shops. From there, he | | | | extraordinary goodness of this remarkable senior |
| developed his wealth and acumen as a world class | | | | citizen He is featured on AOL, September 15, with a list |
| financier and "world's richest person." | | | | of 10 suggestions to help one make wise decisions |
| It is his wealth that distinguishes him for some. What I | | | | about finances. I think it speaks to our need to have |
| admire about him is the quote above. He knows | | | | such counsel to make better decisions about |
| where his priorities are. He has succeeded | | | | everything in our day to day lives. Thank you, Mr. |
| stupendously. He is an international personality. More | | | | Buffett. |
| important, he is a generous and good man. | | | | |