{"id":294273,"date":"2010-02-08T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087194156628161158.post-503839292997716901"},"modified":"2010-02-08T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T18:46:29","slug":"desmoines-register-riding-%e2%80%99shot-gun%e2%80%99-with-warren-buffett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/294273","title":{"rendered":"DESMOINES REGISTER: Riding \u2019shot gun\u2019 with Warren Buffett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_I4PjsLyIz-M\/S3Bbm5rOIKI\/AAAAAAAABHY\/vaH-iLExCCY\/s1600-h\/Buffet11-300x225.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_I4PjsLyIz-M\/S3Bbm5rOIKI\/AAAAAAAABHY\/vaH-iLExCCY\/s400\/Buffet11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435945474111447202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Blog post by David Elbert \u2022                                                  February 8, 2010<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->University of Iowa student Samantha Lane enjoyed the wit, along with the wisdom, of Warren Buffett last Friday while riding shotgun with the billionaire investor to one of his favorite Omaha restaurants. <\/p>\n<p>Lane and 19 other Iowa MBA candidates, along with finance professor Todd Houge, joined students from five other schools, including Dartmouth and Notre Dame, at Buffett\u2019s office in Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, the Iowa students persuaded Buffett to help them form an I-O-W-A sign (left).<\/p>\n<p>Then, after picking Buffett\u2019s brain for about 90 minutes, the group headed for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Lane was one of four students selected to ride with Buffett to Piccolo Pete\u2019s for lunch and found herself seated next to him in the front seat of his white Cadillac as he drove through falling snow to the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>She was also one of about 20 students at Buffett\u2019s table for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so down to earth and so normal,\u201d Lane said.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to the restaurant, Buffett asked Lane about her background and her decision to take a job after she graduates at Kraft Foods, where Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway is the biggest shareholder.<\/p>\n<p>At the restaurant, Lane said, Buffett told how he likes to joke with his good friend Microsoft founder Bill Gates by talking about Google and how its search engine is more popular than Microsoft\u2019s Bing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textBodyBlack\"><a name=\"comments\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Share Investor Links<\/span><\/a><a name=\"comments\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareinvestorblog.com\/\">Share Investor Blog<\/a> &#8211; Stockmarket &amp; Business commentary<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/shareinvestornz.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/new-zealand-business-news.html\">Share Investor New Zealand Business News<\/a>&#8211; Get more business news<br \/>Discuss this topic @<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareinvestorforum.com\/\"> Share Investor Forum<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/shareinvestorforum.com\/ucp.php?mode=register&amp;sid=450a61250472e03fa25c205c9c1723f1\"><strong>Register<strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a> free<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.currency-market.blogspot.com\/\">Share Investor&#8217;s Daily Forex Updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Recommended Amazon Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_pub=\"shareinvestor\";<\/script><\/p>\n<table id=\"searchResults\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"clsEven\">\n<td class=\"tdimage\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/politicalanimal-20\/detail\/1439149372\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41qXBx8NLxL._SL75_.jpg\" alt=\"Warren Buffett's Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"tddescription\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/politicalanimal-20\/detail\/1439149372\">Warren Buffett&#8217;s Management Secrets: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success<\/a> by <span class=\"by\">Mary Buffett<\/span><br \/>   Buy new:        $16.50       \/ Used from:        $13.55<br \/><span class=\"availability\">Usually ships in 24 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"clsOdd\">\n<td class=\"tdimage\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/politicalanimal-20\/detail\/0060555661\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41rcIrKhYiL._SL75_.jpg\" alt=\"The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. 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