2010-02-26 10:40 BJT
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Courtenay Wolfe, chief executive officer of Salida Capital, talk about philanthropy during an interview.
Salida, a Toronto-based hedge fund, paid $1.68 million to win Buffett’s annual charity auction and earn the right to send its leaders to dine with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s chairman and CEO.
The Glide Foundation is the beneficiary of the funds raised in the auction. They speak before the charity lunch in New York.
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| Warren Buffett kneels down to beautiful CEO.Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is interviewed before lunch at Smith and Wollensky in New York, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. |
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| Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, and Salida Capital CEO Courtenay Wolfe are interviewed before lunch Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in New York. Salida Capital, a Canadian investment firm, paid $1.68 million last year to win lunch with the billionaire investor, whose annual charity lunch auctions benefit the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to San Francisco’s homeless and poor. |
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| Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett is interviewed before lunch at Smith and Wollensky in New York, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. The Canadian investment firm that paid $1.68 million last year to win lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett is about to collect its prize. The proceeds from Buffett’s annual charity lunch auctions benefit the Glide Foundation, which provides social services to San Francisco’s homeless and poor.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) |
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| Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Courtenay Wolfe, chief executive officer of Salida Capital, talk about philanthropy during an interview. |
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