To put it another way, it means that a person has been given the best possible chance to make the most of his or her own life. Why? Because what we mean by "normal" really comes down to this: that a person can function effectively and find acceptance among other human beings. You're Warren Buffett's son? But you seem so normal! Over the course of my life, I have heard many versions of this comment, and I have always taken it as a compliment - a compliment not to me, but to my family. Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment He and his wife have founded NoVo Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women and girls around the world. "We found that young girls, adolescent girls - in the developing world in particular - are the greatest undervalued asset we've ever seen," Buffett says. Ultimately, they settled on a charitable way to "invest in undervalued assets," which Peter Buffett admits is "a page out of my dad's book." He says he and his wife spent several years researching how to be most effective as philanthropists. That money came as something of a surprise, and Peter was taken aback by the "awesome responsibility and opportunity." Though $90,000 was the only inheritance Peter Buffett received from his father for personal use, he and his siblings have received an enormous sum of money - $1 billion each - to do charitable work. "I honestly feel that it is an act of love to say, 'I believe in you as my child, and you don't need my help.' "īuffett likes knowing that he owns his own success - rather than feeling as though he has lived off of his father's success. "I learned more in those times about myself and my resiliency than I ever would have if I'd had a pile of money and I could have glided through life," he says. Peter was angry at the time, but in retrospect, he appreciates his father's resolve. Once, in his 20s, he approached his father to ask for a loan - his father refused. "I'm much happier having a life," he says.īuffett has had some rocky economic and personal times - he's had double mortgages on his house and has had to raise money for shows he admits there have been times he's wished for the easy way out. It was just in a typical neighborhood in Omaha." Our house didn't have a fence around it or anything. "I would walk to my grandparents' house, the door was always open. "I lived two blocks from where my mother grew up," Buffett says. Peter Buffett's upbringing in Omaha, Neb., would look fairly familiar to many middle-class Americans. 'Support Didn't Come In The Form Of A Check' He talks to NPR's Renee Montagne about how he learned to "make the best of a good situation." With plenty of emotional support - but little financial support from his parents - Peter Buffett has become an Emmy Award-winning musician. In his new memoir, Life Is What You Make It, he explains that he's glad his father didn't let him take the easy way out. That isn't exactly a small sum, but when you consider that Buffett's father - billionaire investor Warren Buffett - is one of the richest people in the world, that inheritance starts to look a little skimpy.īut Peter Buffett doesn't seem to mind. When Peter Buffett was 19 years old, he inherited $90,000 in stock - no more, no less. "There are so many assumptions that come with who my father is," Buffett says. Peter has gotten plenty of emotional support, but not much financial support from his parents over the years. Peter Buffett is a musician and philanthropist - and son of investor Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world.
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