The American Dream of Warren Buffett
Georgia Agrapidis
English 3 CPE
Period-1
Research Paper
Warren Buffett The popular American capitalist, Warren Buffett, has set the standard for many people by reaching the American Dream for most; from the moment young Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had always targeted high and worked harder than anyone, to reach those infinite goals. Many people have different perspectives on what the “American Dream” really means. To some people, being rich, having fame, a happy family, or a healthy lifestyle is what people consider being the American Dream. However, someone like Warren Buffett appears to define the American Dream as having fun with making money rather then the rewarding results that comes from it. Warren Buffett is now in 2011 alternating with Bill Gates as the wealthiest man in the nation. In many eyes Buffett could be classified as the most ingenious and successful stockbroker who has ever existed. Anyone who had invested $10,000 for Warren Buffett to work with in the year 1957 had collected $150,270 over a thirteen-year interval. To discover and achieve the “American Dream of Success,” you need to have the motivation, intelligence, and opportunity to pursue that goal. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute,” Warren Buffett stated after proving this throughout his ambitious life that started when he was only six years old. (Warren Buffett Bio.) His story starts from delivering newspapers in Omaha Nebraska, to resting on an empire as the richest man in America. He has shown that anybody can obtain the American Dream in our country. When Buffett was a child, he would buy six-packs of Coca-Cola for 25 cents and resell the coke bottles for 5 cents each. Any six year old who is able to come up with such an idea, is bound to have excessive potential to become successful. When he turned nine, he began to collect golf balls that he had found in the woods at a local golf course. He then cleaned
English 3 CPE
Period-1
Research Paper
Warren Buffett The popular American capitalist, Warren Buffett, has set the standard for many people by reaching the American Dream for most; from the moment young Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had always targeted high and worked harder than anyone, to reach those infinite goals. Many people have different perspectives on what the “American Dream” really means. To some people, being rich, having fame, a happy family, or a healthy lifestyle is what people consider being the American Dream. However, someone like Warren Buffett appears to define the American Dream as having fun with making money rather then the rewarding results that comes from it. Warren Buffett is now in 2011 alternating with Bill Gates as the wealthiest man in the nation. In many eyes Buffett could be classified as the most ingenious and successful stockbroker who has ever existed. Anyone who had invested $10,000 for Warren Buffett to work with in the year 1957 had collected $150,270 over a thirteen-year interval. To discover and achieve the “American Dream of Success,” you need to have the motivation, intelligence, and opportunity to pursue that goal. “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute,” Warren Buffett stated after proving this throughout his ambitious life that started when he was only six years old. (Warren Buffett Bio.) His story starts from delivering newspapers in Omaha Nebraska, to resting on an empire as the richest man in America. He has shown that anybody can obtain the American Dream in our country. When Buffett was a child, he would buy six-packs of Coca-Cola for 25 cents and resell the coke bottles for 5 cents each. Any six year old who is able to come up with such an idea, is bound to have excessive potential to become successful. When he turned nine, he began to collect golf balls that he had found in the woods at a local golf course. He then cleaned
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