128 million!The last Buffett lunch auction was over, and the buyer's name "W" started

At 22:30 on the 17th of the Eastern Time, after 5 days and 43 rounds, Buffett's lunch in 2022 was sold on the eBay website for 19000,100 US dollars (about 128 million yuan). The amount far exceeds Sun Yuchen's record of $ 4.57 million in 2019.

Picture source: eBay official website.

At the end of the auction, the two buyers starting with J and W launched a number of crazy competitions. Buyers from the beginning of J were greatly ahead and constantly updated the bid. However, in the last minute, there was an amazing reversal. Buyers who started with W finally won. At present, the buyer's personal information has not yet been made public.

According to the Grade Foundation's official website, this is the last time Buffett's lunch was auctioned. This year's auction winner can bring at most seven guests at the Smith & Wollensky steak restaurant in Manhattan with Buffett with Buffett for lunch.

There were 4 Chinese people who won the bidding

According to the convention, the winners can choose the topic during lunch, but they cannot inquire about Buffett's next investment. Stipel, CEO of the Blue St / Speed ​​Fund, one of the bidders in 2007, said lunch with Buffett changed his life.

Recalling the dining experience of the past 20 years, Buffett once said that he met many interesting people from the world.

At a charity lunch, Buffett also encountered a long -lasting general. Hedie Fund Manager Ted Weschler (Ted Wesler) got the opportunity to have lunch with Buffett in 2010 and 2011. Two after lunch, Wesller entered Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett in 2012 to be responsible for the company's more than 100 billion US dollars of stocks, bonds and other investments.

Aside from the anonymous person who cannot be determined, a total of 4 Chinese winners are known in history.

In 2006, the Bobe Gao founder Duan Yongping took the opportunity to share lunch with Buffett for lunch at a high price of $ 620,100, becoming the first Chinese to have lunch with Buffett. For this expensive lunch, Duan Yongping replied: "Just foror Fun (just for fun). "There was also a young man named Huang Yan who followed Duan Yongping. He left from Google the next year and joined the Internet entrepreneurial boom, which made the later Pinduoduo wealth" Mythology "".

In 2008, Chinese investor Zhao Danyang won the bid for US $ 1.11 million. Zhao Danyang once said that he and Buffett's talked about the topic on the table, including inflation, US dollar exchange rate, investment experience, corporate governance, etc. Zhao Danyang used "too valuable" to describe the meal opportunity for this meal of $ 2.11 million.

Duan Yongping, who had dinner with Buffett twice (the second time with his friend Zhao Danyang), also said that the topic that Buffett talked about during the meal was mostly on the concept of value investment. Duan Yongping has been in the investment industry in the past ten years, and has been regarded as a believer in China by the outside world as a believer in China.

In 2015, Zhu Xi, chairman of Tian Shen Entertainment, took Buffett lunch for $ 2.34 million, and announced to the outside world after the dinner that Buffett was very optimistic about his company. In the following half a year, the stock price of Tianshen Entertainment rose from more than 60 yuan to 125 yuan. But in 2018, Tian Shen Entertainment had a huge loss. Zhu Xi, who is now listed as a dishonesty, is deeply trapped in debt quagmire.

In May 2019, Sun Yuchen, a person in the currency circle, won the bid for a transaction price of $ 4.5679 million. But in July, Sun Yuchen suddenly stated that he had to be treated in the hospital due to sudden kidney stones and canceled his lunch meeting with Buffett. After that, he called his over -marketing on Weibo, and he was deeply guilty. A few months later, Sun Yuchen suddenly posted a post, saying that he had dinner with Buffett at a private rural club.

(Source: Zhongxin Finance, E company, etc.)

Edit: Weekend

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