Bill Gates says he 'didn't even want to meet Warren Buffett' —but their first dinner conversation changed everything. (via CNBCMakeIt)
when the tech billionaire's parents invited Buffett to dinner during a visit to Washington state in July 1991. As Gates has said in the past, he actually tried to get out of attending the dinner, telling his mother, "'Mom, I'm busy!'"
Buffett "didn't come across as a big shot investor" during a dinner conversation that went on for "hours and hours," Gates wrote in 2016. "[Buffett] had this modest way of talking about what he does. He was funny, but what impressed me most was how clearly he thought about the world."
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