alt Hacker NewsThe house he bought at 28 is 3500 square feet in a very very nice neighborhood and was worth $1.2 million a few years ago. It's humble by billionaire standards, not by average person standards. He never needed to size-up because of children, or size-down because of a bad economy, he was already set for both space and finances. Let's not create a moralistic myth out of his lack of need.
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For reference, this is the house: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett#/media/File:Dun...
If you compare that with Zuckerberg, Buffett is a saint without question.
>Let's not create a moralistic myth out of his lack of need.
That's the moral though. He didn't need it so he didn't do it. Whereas so many others with so much less do so much more.
You say "it's humble by billionaire standards" - I think it's relatively humble by ~$300k a year standards. The thing I love about this house is that I think it represents just about the maximum real utility one can get from a home.
He had 3 kids, and a 3500 sq ft house is, IMO, an extremely average size for any decently paid professional where I live with a family that size. It basically looks like something that had everything he needed, and anything beyond that that you so often see in rich people houses is just for show and bling.
> Let's not create a moralistic myth out of his lack of need.
Absolutely, but let's also not do the opposite. Being poor does not make one morally superior either.
It's insanely humble by billionaire standards. Any FAANG SWE over 30 or so in the United States can get that. Contrast with multiple compounds, entire islands, etc.
I think it's more that he didn't build a gaudy billionaire mansion, even though he easily could have.
No, he's really humble, guys, trust me. He has only owned JUST ONE private jet in his life and has upgraded it only ONCE guys. He also currently owns the world's largest private jet operator NetJets [0] via Berkshire that he uses regulary to leverage its fleet now. I'm dying in the light of this humility.
0 - https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DLB-28383