Lunch With Warren Buffett Costs $2,679,001
Lunch with Warren Buffett costs $2,679,001 (winning bid on ebay for charity). There were 6 bidders who made a total of 42 bids during this annual five-day auction to benefit the Glide Foundation (San Francisco, CA). Last year’s (2016) winning bid of $3,456,789 has been the highest over the 18 year history of this auction, which equaled the winning bid in 2012. The winner of last year’s auction is anonymous. So far, the winner of this year’s charity auction has not been revealed.
The results of the previous auctions are:
| Year | Winner | Winning Bid | |||||
| 2000 | Anonymous | $25,000 | |||||
| 2001 | Anonymous | $18,000 | |||||
| 2002 | Anonymous | $25,000 | |||||
| 2003 | David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital | $250,100 | |||||
| 2004 | Jason Choo, Singapore | $202,100 | |||||
| 2005 | Anonymous | $351,100 | |||||
| 2006 | Yongping Duan, California | $620,100 | |||||
| 2007 | Mohnish Pabrai, Guy Spier, Harina Kapoor | $650,100 | |||||
| 2008 | Zhao Danyang, Pure Heart Asset Management | $2,110,100 | |||||
| 2009 | Salida Capital, Canada | $1,680,300 | |||||
| 2010 | Ted Weschler | $2,626,311 | |||||
| 2011 | Ted Weschler | $2,626,411 | |||||
| 2012 | Anonymous | $3,456,789 | |||||
| 2013 | Anonymous | 1,000,100 | |||||
| 2014 | Andy Chua, Singapore | $2,166,766 | |||||
| 2015 | Zhu Ye, Dalian Zeus Entertainment Co. | $2,345,678 | |||||
| 2016 | Anonymous | $3,456,789 | |||||
| 2017 | Anonymous | $2,679,001 | |||||
