There was a one-hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second
richest man who has donated billion to charity. Here are some very
interesting aspects of his life:
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late !
( 他 11 歲開始買了第一張股票, 但現在還是很後悔說他太晚買了 ! )
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
( 他 14 歲時, 就用他從小時候送報紙所賺的錢, 買了一個小農場. )
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that
he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything
he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security
people around him.
( 他都自己開車出門, 也沒有請司機或保全人員跟著他. )
5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest
private jet company.
( 他雖然是世界最大的私人噴射客機公司的老闆, 但卻從來沒有搭私人飛機旅行過. )
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one
letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the
year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules.
( 他公司 Berkshire Hathaway, 旗下擁有 63 家企業. 他每年只寫一封信給這些企業的總裁, 把今年的營運目標告訴他們. 他從來不曾定期主持或召開會議, 他給這些總裁們的守則只有以下兩條:
◎ Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.
( 守則一: 不要讓公司的投資人虧錢 )
◎ Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
(守則二: 不要忘記守則一)
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
( 他不太跟群眾交際應酬. 下班後主要活動就是弄一點爆米花來吃吃, 跟看看電視. )
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5
years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren
Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates
met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
