The Snowball Timeline

  • Warren Buffett is born

    Warren Buffett is born
    Howard and Leila Buffett have a baby boy on August 30, 1930, named Warren.
  • Howard Buffett Wins the election

    Howard Buffett Wins the election
    Howard Buffett runs for the Nebraska Republican Party after entering his name to run against the favored Democrat. On November 3, 1942, after lots of campaigning, Buffett's father wins.
  • Warren Buffett starts his paper routes

    Warren Buffett starts his paper routes
    Warren Buffet ends Middle school, and starts high school. He has a paper route and makes all of his money from it. When he was committing crimes and being mischievous at the end of his middle school career, his parents threatened to take away his only source of income, which was the paper route. He continues to throw papers as well as read them through high school.
  • Warren Buffett Graduates High School and Starts college

    Warren Buffett Graduates High School and Starts college
    Warren Buffett attends the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school.
  • Buffett Invests in GEICO

    Buffett Invests in GEICO
    Warren Buffett learns about the insurance industry and invests in 350 shares of GEICO. Graham did not approve of his investment but he did it anyway.
  • Warren and Susie Meet

    Warren and Susie Meet
    Warren and Susie go on a date after his sister Bertie set them up
  • Warren and Susie get Married

    Warren and Susie get Married
    The wedding day took place the same day of the 1952 flood, and Warren was called into the National Guard but was relieved of his duty for that day.
  • Susan Alice Buffett was born

    Susan Alice Buffett was born
    Susie and Warren have their first child and named her Susan Alice
  • Warren starts working for Buffett-Falk

    He started selling stock to his family and friends, but people did not take him seriously.
  • Warren Starts his new job at Graham-Newman

    Warren Buffett and his family move to New York and he starts his new job working for Ben Graham.
  • Howard Graham Buffett is born

    Howard Graham Buffett is born
    Susie listens to a door-to-door missionary as she was going into labor, and Howard came the next morning.
  • The Buffetts' Move into their new house

    The Buffett's' move into their new home on Farnam Street in Omaha. He still lives in this house today.
  • Peter Buffett is born

    Peter Buffett is born
    A week after the Buffetts move into their new home Warren's third and final child, Peter Buffett is born.
  • Howard Buffett Dies

    Howard Buffett dies and Warren is deeply affected by the loss.
  • Warren Buys Berkshire Hathaway

    Warren buys so many shares of Berkshire Hathaway he has control of the company. Buffett is elected chairman and then finally takes over the company.
  • Warren Buffett forms a holding company Diversified Retailing Company, Inc.

    Buffett forms a holding company with Charlie Munger and David Gottesman to invest in different businesses specifically in the retail industry.
  • Civil War Movement reaches Grinnell College

    Civil War Movement reaches Grinnell College
    Buffett goes to see Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Grinnell College, changing his thoughts on the civil rights struggle.
  • Berkshire Hathaway becomes the owner of the Omaha Sun

    Berkshire Hathaway becomes the owner of the Omaha Sun
    Berkshire Hathaway becomes the owner of the Omaha Sun, and Buffett had bigger goals to be a publisher on a national level.
  • Buffett meets Kay Graham

    Buffett and Munger met her at the Washington Post headquarters. The would later go on to become very good friends, and she has a great impact on his life.
  • Susie Jr. Gets married

    Susie Jr. marries Dennis Westergard . Kay Graham was invited to the event.
  • Susie Pursues her singing career

    Susie starts her singing career at Omaha's French Cafe.
  • Susie Drifts Away, Kay gets Closer

    Susie Drifts Away, Kay gets Closer
    Warren Buffett and Kay Graham are rumoured to have a relationship, and Susie still has yet to come back to New York. Susie stays away from Warren, and continues to pursue her singing career.
  • Howard Buffet Gets Married

    August of 1977 Howie Buffett gets married to Marcia Sue Duncan.
  • Susie introduces Astrid to Warren

    Susie introduces Astrid to Warren
    Susie tells Warren that they would stay married, but she set him up with her friend Astrid to help take care of him.
  • Buffett Attends Kay Graham's black tie events

    Warren Buffett spends a lot of his time with Kay Graham, and is invited to her black-tie events. Here he meets lots of powerful people.
  • Buffett shuts down the Berkshire Textile Mills

    In 1985 Buffett finally shuts down the Berkshire Textile Mills
  • Warren Buffett invests in Coca-Cola

    Warren Buffett invests in Coca-Cola
    Buffett enjoys the Coca-Cola drink, and decides to start investing in it.
  • Berkshire buys the rest of GIECO

    Buffett acquires the remaining part of GEICO
  • Bill Gates becomes a director for Berkshire Hathaway

    Bill Gates becomes a director for Berkshire Hathaway
    In 2004 Buffett's good friend Bill Gates gets elected as a director for Berkshire.
  • Susie Passes away

    Buffett's first wife Susie dies of a stroke, deeply affecting Warren
  • Buffet gives away $37 Billion to charity

    In 2006 Buffett announces that he will be giving away 80% of his fortune to five foundations, the largest portion going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Buffett is looking for a successor

    Buffett is looking for a successor
    Buffett announces to shareholders that he is looking for a successor for Berkshire Hathaway.