When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like Warren Buffet

The other night, Charlie Rose re-aired the episode "The Life of Warren Buffet," an inspiring piece that revealed the every-man behind the billions. It was surprising to learn that Berkshire-Hathaway, with its modest offices in an equally modest building, employs only sixteen people and that Buffet's favorite restaurant was an unpretentious steakhouse—the kind of place where you and I might dine, with sugar packets on the table and paper napkins. What I gleaned from the show was that Buffet seems to eschew ostentatious displays of wealth—no $15K umbrella stands for this man. In a charity golf tournament in which Buffet was paired with Tiger Woods, Tiger suggested making a wager for "serious money," to which Buffet replied, "All money is serious, Tiger." (The bet, it turned out, was for five dollars. Tiger won, but then Buffet, as Tiger's caddy, asked for 10% of the winnings.)