Wisdom from Warren Buffett

This article documents a trip that was made Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway world at his Global Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. a select number of schools to Omaha University were fortunate to be invited by Buffett based on entrepreneurship course. This article discusses the strategy that invited to visit Buffett, the activities Buffett. The trip to Omaha entailed visiting two of Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiaries Furniture Mart and Borsheim’s Jewelers. minute question and answer period with Buffett, and university group had pictures taken with him.

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