1. Warren Buffet is an American investor, businessman and philanthropist.
2. Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through the company Berkshire Hathaway, of which he is the largest shareholder and CEO. With an estimated current net worth of around US$52 billion,[1] he is ranked by Forbes as the second-richest person in the world, behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
3. He is going to give away his fortune to a charity called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He will donate $30 billion, which is the largest in U.S. history.