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Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett

Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway


Who is Warren Buffett?

Warren Buffett is a billionaire investor and business magnate. He is the Chairman, President, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. In 2008 Forbes ranked Warren Buffett as the richest man in the world. He has since given billions of dollars to charity, yet still ranks as one of the richest men. His success at investing has earned him the nickname The Oracle of Omaha.

Famous Kin

Warren Buffett is a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Doty. He is a descendant of King Edward I and a number of Magna Carta Sureties. Other royal kin include the late Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, and Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton. American presidents in Warren Buffett’s family tree include George Washington, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, William H. Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Barack Obama, and both Presidents Bush.

Some of the celebrity kin of Warren Buffett include Humphrey Bogart, Lucille Ball, John Wayne, Jodie Foster, Robert Duvall, Jordana Brewster, Christopher Lloyd, Cole Porter, and many others. Fellow business magnates with family ties to Warren Buffett include Eliphalet Remington (Founder of Remington Arms Co.), Lee B. Loomis (Founder of Loomis Armored Car Service), W. K. Kellogg (Founder of the Kellogg Co.), J. P. Morgan (American Banker), C. W. Post (Founder of Post Cereals), Marjorie Post (Founder of General Foods), George Eastman (Founder of Eastman Kodak Co.), and Hugh Hefner (Founder of Playboy Magazine).


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Warren Buffett

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

15th cousin 6 times removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun

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Maj. Gen. George Owen Squier

Inventor of Muzak

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

11th cousin
via Deming

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Waldo Peirce

American Painter

8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Faunce

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Thomas G. Doty

Domestic Terrorist

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Edward Doty

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

10th cousin
via Francis Bushnell

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William Allen

3rd President of Bowdoin College

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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William Allen

3rd President of Bowdoin College

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Thomas Bliss

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John L. Barstow

39th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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John L. Barstow

39th Governor of Vermont

6th cousin 4 times removed
via Francis Bushnell

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William A. Barstow

3rd Governor of Wisconsin

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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William A. Barstow

3rd Governor of Wisconsin

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Francis Bushnell

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Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Edward Doty

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Richard A. Snelling

76th and 78th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Orson Bean

TV Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Orson Bean

TV Actor

11th cousin
via Robert Foote

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William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Chapin

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Stephen King

Author of The Stand

9th cousin 1 time removed
via John Faunce

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Matthew Perry

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 1 time removed
via John Drake

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Richard Fitzalan

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

19th cousin 2 times removed
via John de Mowbray

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

9th cousin
via Richard "Bull" Smith

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