Warren Buffett's inability to prioritize anything over business had significant impacts on his relationships. His first wife, Susie, separated from him due to this, leaving him alone and unable to take care of himself. Even after Susie's death and his subsequent marriage to Astrid Menks, Buffett continued to prioritize business over his personal life.

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Buffett was shattered by the separation, living alone and unable to clothe or feed himself. Susie kept in touch by phone, and eventually sent her friend Astrid Menks to check in on him. The restaurant hostess ended up moving in with the multi-billionaire and when Suzie died in 2004, the couple got married. Buffet sat by Susie's deathbd as she battled cancer, and was so broken after her death, that he wasn't able to attend her funeral. In his new marriage, Buffett was still unable to put anything but business first.

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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business Life

When a group of economists came up with the Efficient Market Hypothesis, to explain how it was impossible for multi-billionaire investor Warren Buffet...

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