Two years later, Buffett’s charity lunch, known as the most expensive meal in the world, returned again. The difference is that this will be the last auction of Buffett’s lunch.
On the 25th local time, the official website of the grad foundation said that the charity lunch quota of Warren Buffett this year will start shooting on eBay at 7:30 p.m. on June 12 and last until June 17, with a starting price of $25000.
Source: Official Website of the grad foundation.
US $34 million raised in more than 20 years
The first auction of Buffett’s charity lunch began in 2000 and has used eBay as a bidding platform since 2003. So far, it has raised $34 million for the glide foundation. Buffett’s lunch has been suspended for two years due to the epidemic.
According to the glide foundation, 2022 will be the last Buffett charity lunch auction. “We can expect Warren Buffett’s last lunch auction to bring another record price,” said Jamie Iannone, eBay’s chief executive
It is reported that this year’s winner can bring seven guests to lunch with Buffett at Smith & Wollensky steak house in Manhattan.
the highest transaction price reached US $4.57 million
As a high-profile Luncheon Around the world, Buffett’s lunch is not only regarded by business elites as an opportunity to learn and communicate with the “stock god”, but also an excellent opportunity to prove their financial resources and even make headlines. In the past 20 years, there have been many Chinese faces among the bidders who have lunch with Buffett.
For example, Zhao Danyang, the fund manager, Zhu ye, the chairman of Dalian Zeus Entertainment Co.Ltd(002354) company and sun Yuchen, the wave field Tron, photographed the number of charity lunches in 2008, 2015 and 2019 respectively. Zhao Danyang, known as China’s “godfather of private equity funds”, said Buffett had dispelled some of his concerns and doubts about investment. Zhu Ye was late for an interview at lunch, but he said Buffett himself was “very humorous”. Sun Yuchen bought lunch at a record price of US $4567888 in 2019. Later, he claimed that he was unable to attend the appointment due to sudden kidney stone hospitalization, which was accused by netizens of over marketing and keen on hype.
According to the glide foundation, Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway company in Omaha, Brazzaville, will hold a general meeting of shareholders on April 30 this year. Recently, two huge billboards have been erected to announce the information of the last Buffett luncheon. It is worth looking forward to who will eventually spend this quota.
