What’s it like when your grandpa is the richest man in the world? For Nicole Buffett, it means forgoing cable TV and health insurance and making do on $40,000 a year. Here, she dishes on her upbringing and why her grandfather Warren Buffett disowned her.
As a casual friend of her dad, Peter, I have to defend them a bit… can you imagine growing up in a situation such as theirs? There are few who can. Until you’ve walked in someone else’s shoes…
Having said that, I tend to agree with Peter’s dad that it’s not fair for any child to be born into wealth or poverty (“the ovarian lottery”)… say what you want about Warren’s methods, he doesn’t appear to be a hypocrite, and that’s worthy of some respect.
