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WARREN BUFFETT HAS been incredibly successful, and he's extremely wealthy.
Warren Buffett's wealth jumped by around $12.7 billion in 2013 alone. But how much is $12.7 billion anyway?
And how good an investor is Warren Buffett really? We've put together some facts that really put him in perspective.
99% of Buffett's wealth was earned after his 50th birthday.
Buffett made $62.7 billion of his $63.3 billion net worth after his 50th birthday.
$60 billion — nearly 95% — is from after his 60th birthday.
Talk about long-term investment strategies.
Source: Fool
Berkshire's Book Value beat the S&P 500 in 43 out of 44 years on a five-year rolling average basis.
From 2008 to 2013, the S&P 500 returned 128%, while Berkshire (based on book value per Class A share) returned 80%.
Source: Berkshire Hathaway, Business Insider
Among legends, Buffett has the longest track record for beating the market.
That chart compares investors with the S&P 500 over time. You can see the longevity of Buffett's outperformance is greater than that of other great investors.
Buffett's net worth of $63.3 billion is greater than the combined 2013 GDP of Ghana and Cambodia.
Ghana's 2013 GDP was estimated to be $47,928,717,949.
Cambodia's 2013 GDP was estimated to be $15,249,684,397.
Warren Buffett's wealth currently makes him the world's third-richest man.
In 2013, Buffett made on average $37 million per day — that's more than what Jennifer Lawrence made the entire year.
Buffett made his first stock purchase the same year that Pearl Harbor was bombed, 1941.
Buffett has donated a lifetime total of $20 billion — the second-highest amount (following that of Bill Gates)
In 2014, a Singapore man bid $2.2 million for lunch with Buffett. That amount could've provided 9,746 US college students with a calculus textbook.
If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1970, that amount would be $4.86 million higher today.
If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1980, that amount would be $532,165 higher today.
If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990, that amount would be $29,785 higher today.
If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway the year that Buffett became the majority shareholder, that amount would be $10.5 million higher today.
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