Warren Buffett’s son worked on a farm instead of going to college—he’s now the chairman of $1 trillion Berkshire Hathaway

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• Before becoming chairman of his father's trillion-dollar company, Howard Buffett was a college dropout who taught himself to farm.
• Reported by Fortune and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:01:00 UTC.

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