The last chance to have lunch with 91-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett sold at an Ebay auction for $19mn on Friday night, after 43 bids. The sum is more than four times higher than the previous record set for a seat at Buffett’s table.
The winning bidder, who was not identified, will join the Oracle of Omaha for a one-hour “power lunch” at Smith & Wollensky in New York, “one of Mr Buffett’s favourite restaurants”. The lunch is part of a charity fundraiser for Glide, a non-profit working to alleviate poverty in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
Lunch with the nonagenarian was billed as a “grand finale” by the non-profit, and is expected to be Buffett’s last for Glide.