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Article: Buffett: The man behind the riches.

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Economic Times (New Delhi, India)
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August 6, 2006
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Aug. 6--Warren Buffett came from a small town and made it big without losing sight of his roots in the process. Even though he is a billionaire many times over, he still lives in the same house he bought before he was rich and is considered an all-around good guy. He turned his company, Berkshire Hathaway, almost single-handedly over the last 30 years, into a Fortune 500 powerhouse. He has amassed a personal fortune of $44 billion dollars, according to Forbes magazine 2006 and is considered the most successful investor of all-time.

Warren's interest in money and finance started showing early, and by the age of 11 he was playing the stock market. He bought his ...

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