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FT Series Part 1: Warren Buffett

By Alice Schroeder

Published: September 26 2008 19:23 | Last updated: September 26 2008 20:03

In fancy dress; a young Warren playing the ukelele in the late 1940s; and teaching a class in investing at Omaha university in the 1950s

The first few cents Warren Buffett ever earned came from selling packs of chewing gum. And from the day he started selling – at six years of age – he showed an unyielding attitude toward his customers that revealed much about his later style.

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