A lunch with Warren Buffett is now worth $2 million
The winning bid on this year’s eBay auction for a lunch with Warren Buffett is $2,110,100, which is more than triple of last year’s bid. It opened on June 22 at $25,000 and closed on Friday.
The winning bidder is Zhao Danyang, general manager of Pure Heart China Growth Investment Fund. He, along with seven friends or family members can eat with Buffett at New York steakhouse Smith & Wollensky at a mutually decided date and time.
This auction has been an annual affair for nine years now, with the last six on ebay. Last year, along with partner Guy Spier, Mohnish Pabrai had bid $650,100 for a chance to break bread with Buffett. They got their chance to do so this week; Spier and wife, and Pabrai with wife and two daughters spent close to three hours with the Oracle of Omaha.
The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco.
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