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Key takeaways
- The auction on e Bay was intended to revive an event that Buffett hosted for more than two decades that raised $53 million for the GLIDE Foundation homeless charity in San Francisco.
- The anonymous winner paid $9,000,100 to win a private lunch with Buffett and the Currys in the 95-year-old investor's hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, next month.
- The Buffett auctions started in 2000 and continued every year until the pandemic prompted a couple of years off.
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Someone paid more than $9 million to have lunch with Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Warren Buffett, and the legendary investor also promised to match the winning bid, so both their favorite charities will benefit.
The auction on e Bay was intended to revive an event that Buffett hosted for more than two decades that raised $53 million for the GLIDE Foundation homeless charity in San Francisco. This year's auction, which wrapped up Thursday night, also raised money for Curry's "Eat.Learn.Play." Foundation that he established with his wife, Ayesha.
The anonymous winner paid $9,000,100 to win a private lunch with Buffett and the Currys in the 95-year-old investor's hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, next month.