Howard Graham Buffett
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| Howard Graham Buffett | |
| Born | 16 December 1954 |
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| Spouse(s) | Marcea Sue Duncan Devon Morris |
| Children | Howard Graham Buffett, Jr. |
| Parents | Warren Buffett Susan Thompson |
Howard Graham Buffett (born December 16, 1954) is the elder son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. He is named after Howard Buffett, his grandfather, and Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett's teacher.
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[edit] Life
Howard G. Buffett grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and has been active in business, politics, agriculture, conservation, photography and philanthropy.
In August 1977, he married Marcea Sue Duncan.[1] He later married Devon Morris, and they had a son, Howard Graham Buffett, Jr. He farms in Tekamah, Nebraska, that his father bought for $300,000, and charges rent.[2]
[edit] Writings
Buffett has written more than half a dozen books on conservation, wildlife, and the human condition, and has written articles and opinion pieces for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. In 1996, Harvard published his thesis, The Partnership of Biodiversity and High-Yield Agricultural Production. Buffett then wrote On The Edge: Balancing Earth's Resources. Following the publication of On The Edge, Buffett began work on Tapestry of Life, a compilation of portraits taken in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, and other countries with deep poverty and human need.
[edit] Service
Buffett serves or has served on the National Geographic Council, World Wildlife Fund National Council, Cougar Fund, Platte River Whooping Crane Trust Advisory Committee, Illinois and Nebraska Chapters of the Nature Conservancy, Ecotrust, De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Trust, and the Africa Foundation. Buffett founded the Nature Conservation Trust, a non-profit Trust in South Africa to support cheetah conservation, the International Cheetah Conservation Foundation, and was a Founding Director of The Cougar Fund. In 2007, Buffett was named an Ambassador Against Hunger by the United Nations World Food Programme.
Buffett has served in elected office in Nebraska, on several United States Trade Representative Advisory Committees and as Chairman of the Nebraska Ethanol Board. He currently is a member of the Commission on Presidential Debates. He is on the corporate boards of Berkshire Hathaway, ConAgra Foods, Lindsay Manufacturing and Sloan Implement Company; previously serving on the boards of Archer Daniel Midland, Coca-Cola Enterprises and The GSI Group.
[edit] ADM
He resigned from the ADM board before the lysine price-fixing scandal.[3]
[edit] Awards
Buffett has received the Aztec Eagle Award, the highest honor bestowed on a foreign citizen by the Mexican Government, an honorary PhD from Lincoln College and has been recognized by the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation in Agriculture as one of the most distinguished individuals in agriculture.
He operates an 840-acre (3.4 km2) farm in central Illinois, is married to Devon, and has five children.
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[edit] See also
- Warren Buffett (father)
- Susan Buffett (mother)
- Peter Buffett (brother)
- Astrid Menks Buffett (stepmother)
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