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Warren Buffett Lunch Auction In June 2009, an eBay auction for lunch with Warren Buf...

Warren Buffett Lunch Auction In June 2009, an eBay auction for lunch with Warren Buffett raised $1.7 million for the Glide Foundation of San Francisco. In 2009, Warren Buffett, an American investor and the second richest man in the world, had an estimated net worth of $37 billion. How long does it take $37 billion invested at an effective rate of 5.9% to earn $1.7 million?

(Sources: “The World’s Billionaires,” Forbes, March 11, 2009; and Alex Crippen, “Warren Buffett Charity Lunch Brings in Almost $1.7 Million from Anonymous Bidder,” CNBC News, June 26, 2009)

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