Warren Buffett vs. Amancio Ortega
Who will win?
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Name Warren Buffett |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $136.9B |
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Born August 30, 1930 (age 94) |
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Education |
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Source Berkshire Hathaway |
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Industry Diversified |
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Buffett still lives in the same Omaha, Nebraska, home he purchased in 1958 for $31,500. Buffett was rejected from Harvard Business School; he got a master's in economics from Columbia University instead.
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Name Amancio Ortega |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $113.8B |
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Born March 28, 1936 (age 88) |
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Education |
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Source Zara |
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Industry Retail |
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Ortega first began his career manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963. He owns a 10% stake in Spanish telecoms firm Telxius and 5% of publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enag's.