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<blockquote data-quote="FrigidFTSup" data-source="post: 1817706" data-attributes="member: 58894"><p>Read Warren's page </p><p>"By 1950, at 20, Buffett had made and saved $9,800 (over $96,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_adjustment" target="_blank">inflation adjusted</a> for the 2014 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD" target="_blank">USD</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-CPI_Inflation_Calculator-29" target="_blank">[29]</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-30" target="_blank">[30]</a> In April 1952, Buffett discovered that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Graham" target="_blank">Graham</a> was on the board of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEICO" target="_blank">GEICO</a> insurance. Taking a train to Washington, D.C. on a Saturday, he knocked on the door of GEICO's headquarters until a janitor admitted him. There he met Lorimer Davidson, Geico's Vice President, and the two discussed the insurance business for hours. Davidson would eventually become Buffett's lifelong friend and a lasting influence,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-31" target="_blank">[31]</a> and would later recall that he found Buffett to be an "extraordinary man" after only fifteen minutes. Buffett wanted to work on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street" target="_blank">Wall Street</a>, however, both his father and Ben Graham urged him not to. He offered to work for Graham for free, but Graham refused.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-32" target="_blank">[32]</a>"</p><p></p><p>Dear old dad didn't give him millions to start his company. Hell his dad's stock brokerage company was tiny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrigidFTSup, post: 1817706, member: 58894"] Read Warren's page "By 1950, at 20, Buffett had made and saved $9,800 (over $96,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_adjustment']inflation adjusted[/URL] for the 2014 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD']USD[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-CPI_Inflation_Calculator-29'][29][/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-30'][30][/URL] In April 1952, Buffett discovered that [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Graham']Graham[/URL] was on the board of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEICO']GEICO[/URL] insurance. Taking a train to Washington, D.C. on a Saturday, he knocked on the door of GEICO's headquarters until a janitor admitted him. There he met Lorimer Davidson, Geico's Vice President, and the two discussed the insurance business for hours. Davidson would eventually become Buffett's lifelong friend and a lasting influence,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-31'][31][/URL] and would later recall that he found Buffett to be an "extraordinary man" after only fifteen minutes. Buffett wanted to work on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street']Wall Street[/URL], however, both his father and Ben Graham urged him not to. He offered to work for Graham for free, but Graham refused.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#cite_note-32'][32][/URL]" Dear old dad didn't give him millions to start his company. Hell his dad's stock brokerage company was tiny. [/QUOTE]
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