Bidding has opened for the world’s most expensive lunch: a chance to grill the Sage of Omaha.
Warren Buffett is auctioning lunch with himself on eBay this week to raise funds for his favourite San Francisco charity, the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless. Over the last 15 years he has raised $17.9 million (£12 million) for it.
The most expensive meal ticket was in 2012, when the winner paid a record $3,456,789 to have lunch with Buffett, the founder of Berkshire Hathaway. Last year’s winner paid a mere $2,166,766 for a private audience with Buffett, who recently likened Tesco’s problems to finding cockroaches in the kitchen. He also confessed to spending too long “thumb-sucking” over exiting Tesco, in which he once held almost 5%.
Bidding for the lunch — during which his next investments cannot be discussed — ends on Friday.
