Buffett's lunch hit a sky high price of $4.57 million, which is suspected to be photographed by another Chinese
Original title: Buffett's lunch hit a sky high price of $4.57 million in 2019, which is suspected to be photographed by another Chinese
In addition to the annual Buffett shareholders' meeting, Buffett's charity lunch has attracted much attention for many years. This year, Buffett's lunch transaction price hit an all-time high again.
The auction results of Buffett's charity lunch in 2019 were announced on e-commerce website eBay. The transaction price reached a record high of US $4567888 (about RMB 31.5403 million), which was US $1267788 higher than US $3300100 in 2018.
As in previous years, the starting price of this auction is $25000. According to eBay auction records, bidder s * * * 5 competed fiercely with another auctioneer a * * * t on the last auction day and finally won.
The identity information of this year's final winner has not been released. We can only know that his user name on eBay is s * * * 5. It was previously reported that the person who photographed Buffett's lunch was likely sun Yuchen, founder of wave field Tron, but it was not confirmed.
According to the rules, the winner of the auction can take seven people and have dinner with Buffett at Smith Wollensky steak house in New York.
The amount of the auction will be donated to charities. By 2018, the charity auction of 'lunch with Buffett' had raised nearly US $30 million (more than RMB 200 million).
Buffett's charity lunch is becoming more and more expensive, and buyers are still in an endless stream
From 2000 to 2019, Buffett's lunch price also rose from $25000 to $4.56 million, more than 180 times. However, the high price did not deter auctioneers.
But is it really worth millions of dollars for a lunch?
As we all know, Buffett is known as the 'God of stocks'. Being able to get close contact with Buffett and get his guidance not only means success, but also a supreme honor.
Secondly, having lunch with Buffett is a kind of self promotion, which brings practical benefits. For example, Ted Weschler, a fund manager who spent $2.63 million for lunch with Buffett in 2011, was later hired as an investment manager by Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company, which was deeply valued by Buffett.
Ted Weschler is now the investment manager of Berkshire Hathaway
In addition, people who bid for Buffett's lunch will become a social focus event. Whether for the company or individuals, it can improve its popularity in a short time.
Finally, 2019 is Buffett's 20th year to participate in charity lunch auction. Now he is 89 years old. The opportunity to have lunch with the 'God of stocks' is becoming more and more precious in the future.
There were three Chinese people eating with Buffett. What is their current situation?
Before that, three Chinese had lunch with Buffett, namely, 'bully' and 'Bubugao (7.970, - 0.02, - 0.25%)' founder Duan Yongping, 'China's private placement Godfather' Zhao Danyang and Zhu ye, chairman of Tianshen Entertainment (3.660, - 0.16, - 4.19%).
（1） Duan Yongping, founder of "bully" and "Bubugao"
In 2006, Duan Yongping, the founder of "bully" and "Bu Bu Gao", successfully photographed the opportunity to have a meal with Buffett at the price of US $620100. After the meal, Duan Yongping said he learned a lot from Buffett.
It is worth mentioning that when having lunch with Buffett, Duan Yongping took a post-80s young man and is now Huang Zheng, founder of pinduoduo.
Huang Zheng was just 26 years old, which was also Huang Zheng's enlightenment experience in the business circle. Now the pinduoduo he founded has also been listed.
（2） Zhao Danyang, the "godfather of Chinese private placement" and the heart of a child
Known as the "godfather of private placement", Zhao Danyang founded Chizizhixin Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2003 and SDIC chizixin (China) collective fund trust in 2004, which is the first private placement product based on trust.
In 2008, Zhao Danyang spent $2.11 million to shoot Buffett's lunch, which was the first time that Buffett's charity lunch exceeded $1 million.
It is reported that after meeting Zhao Danyang, Buffett's first sentence was: 'how are your earnings this year?' Zhao Danyang said: "this year's revenue is 47%." Buffett said, 'you are better than me.'
Subsequently, Zhao Danyang recommended the shares of Wumart business to Buffett. In fact, Zhao Danyang had already held Wumart business before. After lunch with Buffett, Zhao Danyang made HK $150 million in a week.
Just after the meal, Buffett established the rule of "no talking about individual stocks".
（3） Zhu ye, chairman of Tianshen Entertainment
In 2015, Zhu ye, chairman of Tianshen entertainment, photographed Buffett's lunch for us $2345700.
After having lunch with Buffett, the share price of Tianshen entertainment rose from 66 yuan to 125.20 yuan, the highest peak. The share price increased by nearly 90%, and Zhu Ye's wealth increased significantly. It is reported that during lunch with Buffett, Zhu ye asked Buffett how to speculate in stocks. Buffett replied that he didn't know.
However, the good times are not long. Since May 2017, the share price of Tianshen entertainment has plummeted by nearly 70% in a week. In 2018, Tianshen entertainment lost 7.5 billion yuan, shocking the A-share market.
Zhu Ye was also investigated by the CSRC on suspicion of violating securities laws and regulations. Subsequently, Zhu Ye resigned as chairman.
At present, Zhu ye should be the worst one among the people known to eat with Buffett.
Now, the result of Buffett's lunch auction has been settled, and who is the final bidder may become the biggest question.