http://warrenbuffettreport.com A Warren Buffett blog Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://warrenbuffettreport.com/2009/12/15/warren-buffett-and-obama-are-cousins/ http://warrenbuffettreport.com/2009/12/15/warren-buffett-and-obama-are-cousins/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:38:00 +0000 http://warrenbuffettreport.com/?p=283 According to genealogists at Ancestry.com, Warren Buffett and President Obama are distant cousins related by a grandfather who lived in the 1600’s. Mareen Duvall is Obama’s 9th great grandfather and Buffett’s 6th grandfather. Mareen Duvall was a French immigrant who settled in Maryland in the 1650’s. Duvall was not one of a wealthy background as Buffett and Obama are; Duvall was an indentured servant considered a “country gentleman”.

]]> http://warrenbuffettreport.com/2009/12/15/warren-buffett-and-obama-are-cousins/feed/ 0 http://warrenbuffettreport.com/2009/04/04/warren-buffett-cnbc-interview-on-aviation/ http://warrenbuffettreport.com/2009/04/04/warren-buffett-cnbc-interview-on-aviation/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:17:18 +0000 http://warrenbuffettreport.com/?p=176 Warren Buffett was interviewed this week on behalf President Obama criticizing the use of corporate jets by CEOs. Warren Buffett went on stating that aircraft are valuable business tools since he made deals for Berkshire Hathaway he could have not done without air transportation. Warren Buffett replied “Berkshire has been better off by me having a plane available to go and do deals or whatever it may be. We have done things I wouldn’t have done if we hadn’t had a plane.”

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