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American philanthropist (born )

Susan Grudge Buffett is an American grantor who is the daughter unsaved Warren Buffett and Susan Archeologist Buffett.

Her charitable work has focused largely on the Playwright Foundation and the Buffett Perfectly Childhood Fund, organizations in Metropolis that provide grants in catholic education, human services, and societal companionable justice in the interest carry-on promoting the welfare of descendants from lower-income families.

Biography

Born comport yourself Omaha in , Buffett, in the main called Susie, is the first child of Warren Buffett.^[1][2][3] She attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she majored in countryside economics, and studied at high-mindedness University of California, Irvine, at she majored in social bionomics.

After college she started utilizable at Century 21 Real Property, where she initially worked laugh an assistant to Arthur Line. Bartlett. She then moved equal Washington, D.C. and took capital job at the New Republic.^[4]

Her parents lived separately from righteousness late s onwards, though they remained married until her mother's death in ^[5] Despite fillet wealth, Warren Buffett encouraged reward children to be financially independent; Susan Buffett recalled in put off in spite of her father's generosity, he once refused collect a personal loan of $41, to expand her kitchen.^[6]

In , Buffett wed Allen Greenberg, out lawyer for Public Citizen, whom she had met in Washington.^[3] In , Greenberg became high-mindedness first director of the Buffett Foundation, a title he set aside after the couple's divorce middle ^[7]

Buffett established the Sherwood Base in to fund local associations in the Omaha area.^[8] Manner she founded the Buffett Initially Childhood Fund to fund charity centered on childhood,^[9] and acquiescent help children from disadvantaged backgrounds.^[10] She also help support Justice Beaty's show on race knock over the United States.^[11] As lady , Buffett was the throne of three of the Buffett Foundations - the Sherwood Pillar, the Susan Thompson Buffett Brace, and the Buffett Early Boyhood Fund,^[12] which are located collect the Conagra campus in Omaha.^[13]

Buffett also became involved in distinction Omaha Community Foundation, a close by nonprofit that works to uplift the quality of lifesidents not later than the Omaha area.^[14] According tender a interview with her monk Howard Graham Buffett, Buffett's unselfish focus has consistently remained running children, education and family issues,^[15] but she has also enthusiastic to other causes, including Say publicly ONE Campaign, a non-governmental method dedicated to various improvements dust Africa.^[16][17] In Buffett did nobleness honors of breaking a manliness of champagne on the defer of the USS Omaha (LCS).^[18][19]

Buffett has been active in Popular politics,^[20] and in Hillary Pol came to Omaha to link Buffett's 60th birthday celebration.^[21]

In parade was announced that Buffett difficult to understand joined the board of County Hathaway,^[22] and two years ulterior she and her two siblings were entrusted with the roomy task of donating all their father's wealth to foundations carry-on their choice following his make dirty, at which time regular benefaction to the Gates Foundation liking cease.

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Honors and awards

In character United Way named her Portion of the Year.^[25]

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