Lunch With Buffett Sells For $2.6M

Warren Buffett - Lunch With Buffett Sells For $2.6M

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch, at least not with Warren Buffett. An anonymous bidder paid $2,626,411 to eat lunch with the legendary Berkshire Hathaway investor, setting an eBay record – sort of. Bidding closed at $2,345,678, which would not have been a record, so once the auction closed, the bidder jacked up the price. Proceeds benefit go to the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to the poor and homeless in San Francisco. Buffett offers himself up as a lunch companion every year in an annually auction that has raised nearly $9 million in the last 12 years. Last year, an anonymous bidder paid $2.6 million, and in 2008, a Chinese investment fund manager paid $2.11 million. “I’ve met a lot of nice people through this,” Buffett said.”