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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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Michael Lookinland

TV Actor

14th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Berkeley

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Diane Brewster

TV and Movie Actress

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Lyman Spitzer

Astronomer and Theoretical Physicist

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Stephen Post

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

18th cousin
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

17th cousin
via Sir Humphrey Stafford

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Bliss

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

10th cousin 2 times removed
via Francis Bushnell

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DuBose Heyward

Author of Porgy (Porgy & Bess)

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Alexander Carpenter

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Humphrey Bogart

Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Humphrey Bogart

Movie Actor

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan

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Anna Gunn

TV and Movie Actress

21st cousin
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Paul Giamatti

TV and Movie Actor

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Fitzalan

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A. Bartlett Giamatti

Major League Baseball Commissioner

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan

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Nat Faxon

Actor, Comedian, Director and Screenwriter

10th cousin 2 times removed
via John Faunce

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James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Faunce

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

21st cousin
via Ralph de Stafford

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

20th cousin
via Richard Fitzalan

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

20th cousin
via Sir William de Bohun

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

10th cousin
via John Faunce

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

18th cousin
via Katherine Pabenham

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