A WEALTHY PERSON has bid a record $19 million to eat lunch with Warren Buffett, in the 21st and final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is seen during the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2015. — REUTERSand final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity.
Proceeds benefit Glide, a nonprofit in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district that helps the poor, homeless or those battling substance abuse. Glide offers meals, shelter, HIV and hepatitis C tests, job training and children’s programs. Mr. Buffett, 91, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., raised about $53.2 million for Glide in the 21 auctions, which began in 2000.
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