Incredible Friendship Of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are two of the richest men in the world and are also the best of friends.  Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft and the third richest man in the world, while Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the fourth richest person in the world. 

Gates and Buffett met for the first time thanks to Gates’ mother Mary Gates, who invited Warren Buffett along with late Washington Post Editor Meg Greenfield.  Gates expressed great displeasure before meeting Buffett as he was forced to take a day off work.  According to Bill Gates, Buffett was just a person who buys and sells paper.

The feeling was the same from Buffett’s side as well, who was not keen on meeting Gates.  However, to the surprise of both of them, they instantly hit it off in their first meeting, with Buffett impressing Gates with his questions about Microsoft.  Moreover, Buffett lent his favorite business book Business Adventures by John Brooks to Bill Gates, shortly after their first meeting.

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have been friends for 28 years now and have credited each other for their tremendous success, with Gates stating Buffett taught him how to manage his time.  Both of them collaborated many times for philanthropic and political purposes. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates founded The Giving Pledge in 2009, through which billionaires pledge to give half their wealth to charity upon their death.  Buffett also pledged to give away 99 percent of his wealth through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Beside all the serious issues the duo combat in their life, they like spending time doing odd things, just like friends normally do.  The duo actively participate in the newspaper tossing challenge at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting and try out mattresses together.  Buffett and Gates also took lessons together about how to make milkshakes at an outlet of Dairy Queen, a franchise owned by Warren Buffett.

The friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett is truly admirable and inspirational as it proves two successful people can remain friends and impact each other’s lives, despite their differences.