[Py-o7]

Yea. Most of the media reporting on Buffett is... sloppy to put it politely. The guy lives with Astrid (and some body guards) in a 5 bed house that he sentimentally likes. He also has a couple nice houses in CA (and possibly other states) and a private jet. If someone reads any biography on him they'd know this. (IIRC it also came up when he was advising Gov Arnold on re-doing real estate taxes and he wrote some OP-eds.)

What's more surprising to me is how well he's doing (physically and cognitively) in his 90's as someone who eats at McDonalds every single day and I think is largely sedentary. The other side of the coin is his dad barely made it to 60 though his mom died in her 90's.

[billyraejohnson]

...interestingly enough, they have been publishimg this same "story" every few years for a long time now. He seems to be very carefully maintaining the image of a frugal billionaire. Either that or making sure to initiate every new generation to the personality cult of granpa-genius/uncle/frugal investor/ Warren Buffet.