> Second Richest Man in the World

[Raied]

Asalamo ALikum
chek this out, its very interesting....
but if only he was a muslim....his actions truly show it though
so lets think if non-mulims can like such simple lives...y cant we.?
Second Richest Man in the World



There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second
richest man who has donated $31 billion (85% of his fortune) to charity.

Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1) He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3) He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.

6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.

7) He has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

8) He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.

9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself.

[diesel786k]

^^ seems like a very generous man, thats very nice of him to distribute a huge amount of money towards charity, least it shows that not all rich men/women are ignorant with their money or greedy to spend or keep to themselves, there are those minority who stand clear to share it out and be generous, after all...if Allah is H e who gave it, it can easily be taken from him by Allah to, and that is something we Muslims are lacking on, that is to be thankful to Allah for what we have, in which others strive for and still don't possess it, i.e. food, shelter, water, etc.

Wa Allahu A'lim

[Bilal]

salam brother, this is a really cool story someone emailed it to me too

[Ahmad]

Asalam u Alikum
there was a time when muslims use to have more batter manners then this person we should not forget the example of Hazrat Umar radi ALLAH hu ta'ala an and our beloved Prophet Sallah hu Ali wasalam