Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a US investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the most successful investors in history, the largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and in 2008 was ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of approximately $62 billion.
沃伦爱德华巴菲特(生于1930年8月30号)是美国的投资 家、商人和慈善家。他是投资史上最成功的投资家之一，也是伯克 希尔哈撒韦公司最大的股东和首席执行官，并在2008年福布斯富 豪榜上排名第一,身价约有620亿美元。
Buffett is often called the “Oracle of Omaha” or the “Sage of Omaha” and is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.
巴菲特经常被尊称为“奥玛哈的先知”或“奥玛哈的圣贤”，并且 他由于坚持价值投资哲学，拥有巨额财富却依旧节俭而著称。
Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 85 percent of his fortune to the Gates Foundation. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Grinnell College.
巴菲特也是一位杰出的慈善家，他将个人财产的85%交给了盖 茨夫妇基金会。他同时还是格林内尔大学董事会成员之一。
In 1999，Buffett was named the top money manager of the twentieth century in a survey by the Carson Group, ahead of Peter Lynch and John Templeton. In 2007，he was listed among Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the world.
1999年，巴菲特曾在卡森集团的一项调查里被提名为20世纪最 佳资本经营人，超过了彼得林奇和约翰邓普顿。2007年，巴菲 特获选为《时代》杂志世界百大最具影响力人士之一。
Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only son of Howard Buffett and second of three children. He worked at his grandfather's grocery store. In 1943，Buffett filed his first income tax return, deducting his bicycle and watch as a work expense for $35 for his work as newspaper delivery boy. Buffett was employed from 1951-54 at Buffett-Falk & Co., Omaha as an Investment Salesman, from 1954-1956 at Gra-ham-Newman Corp., New York as a Securities Analyst, from 1956-1969 at Buffett Partnership, Ltd., Omaha as a General Partner and from 1970-Present at Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Omaha as its Chairman, CEO.
巴菲特出生于内布拉斯加州的奥玛哈，是霍华德巴菲特唯一 的儿子,在3个孩子中排行老二。他曾在祖母的杂货店里工作。1943 年，巴菲特缴纳了他的第一笔收入所得税，这是他帮人投递报纸的收 入,其中扣除了 35美元的自行车和手表费用。巴菲特于1951年至1954年在奥玛哈的巴菲特-福尔克公荀做一名投资推销员，1954到1956年在纽约的格雷厄姆-纽曼公司 做一名证券分析师,1956到1969年则是奥玛哈的巴菲特合伙有限公司的一名合伙人’而1970年至今 则任职奥玛哈伯克希尔哈撒韦公司的主席及首席执行官。
The following quotation from 1988，highlights Warren Buffett’s thoughts on his wealth and why he long planned to reallocate it:
下面这段文字，摘自巴菲特于1988年的谈话。突显了他对财富的想法，以及想要改变财产分配 计划的动机：
“I don’t have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on society. It，s like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn into consumption. If I wanted to, I could hire 10,000 people to do nothing but paint my picture every day for the rest of my life. And the GNP would go up. But the utility of the product would be zilch, and I would be keeping those 10,000 people from doing AIDS research, or teaching, or nursing. I don’t do that though. I don’t use very many of those claim checks. There’s nothing material I want very much. And I’m going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die.”
“我对自己所拥有的钱，并无任何的罪恶感，因为这些钱，代表了未来将由社会来兑现的大量 支票。我不过是拥有许多，可以转化成消费的支票。如果我愿意，我可以雇用1万个人,在我的余生 每天只要帮我作画就好，如此一来，国民生产总值便可提升。但这些事是毫无作用的，只会让那些 原本可以进行爱滋病研究、教学、或相关的医护人员减少许多而已。不过，我不会做这种事,我很少 去兑现支票,物质生活原本就不是我所追求的。因此,在我和妻子离开人世时，我会将这些支票全 部捐献出来，作为慈善之用。”
His children will not inherit a significant proportion of his wealth. These actions are consistent with statements he has made in the past indicating his opposition to the transfer of great fortunes from one generation to the next. Buffett once commented, “I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they would feel like doing nothing”.
沃伦巴菲特的子女将继承他的部分财产，数量并不会太多。这与沃伦巴菲特过去一再表 示不愿意让大量财富代代相传的想法是相当一致的。沃伦巴菲特曾表示我想给子女的，是足 以让他们能够一展抱负，而不是多到让他们无所事事。”
Numerous books have been written about Warren Buffett and his investment strategies. In October 2008，USA Today reported that there were at least 47 books in print with Buffett’s name in the title. The article quoted the CEO of Borders Books, George Jones, as saying that the only other living persons named in as many book titles were US presidents, major world political figures.
关于巴菲特及其投资策略的书籍数不胜数。2008年10月’《今日美国》这篇文章透露:至少有47本 已经出版的书在标题中用到了他的名字。该文章还引用了Borders书店的首席执行官乔治琼斯的 话,他说，名字被如此广泛引用到书名中的尚且健在的人只有美国总统和世界政坛的知名人物。