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Buffett’s buddy Ajit Jain

January 25, 2011 By Clark Leave a Comment

I read a very interesting article today in the February issue of Vanity Fair about Warren Buffett. The online version of the article, which is shorter, is located HERE.

The article (like many others) details Buffett’s modest lifestyle despite being a mutli-billionaire.

However most impressive is the articles discussion on who may helm the mega conglomerate post Buffett (Buffett himself has calculated that he has approximately 12 years left to live).

One person considered Buffett’s right hand man and potential successor is Ajit Jain. However, Jain declined to be interviewed for the Vanity Fair article and is fairly media shy.

I decided to look into who was this mystery man that the world’s greatest investor holds such high esteem and “with whom Buffett talks almost every day.” His rise to wealth is quite interesting.

Ajit Jain was born in India and received an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharajpur.

He then worked for IBM in India…….and then BOOM, moves to the [Read more...]

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