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Billionaire Warren Buffett Drives a Subaru Outback

Named one of the most influential people in the world, business magnate Warren Edward Buffett was recently seen driving a red Subaru Outback. The “Wizard of Omaha” is one of those super-rich people who couldn’t care less for the expensive goods, such as luxury cars and huge mansions.
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Several books were written about his incredible vision in economics, students are looking into the great financial moves he made during his career and people still try to understand how this genius managed to become the world’s wealthiest person (named by Forbes in 2008). Warren Buffett is after all a person with a great mind that always chooses a book over anything else. In fact, Buffett often jokes that he reads corporate annual reports with the same intensity that other men reserve for Playboy magazine.

As to his wealth, this billionaire just doesn’t seem to care much about his belongings. He still lives in the modest Omaha house he bought for $31,500 in 1958 and used to be seen at the wheel of a Cadillac he purchased more than 8 years ago. He did, however, sit in the passenger seat of a new Subaru Outback recently, as he was photographed by CNBC producer Jess Golden.

It’s hard to tell from the picture, but the red SUV seems to be the actual 2015 model the Japanese company has released in April. The funny thing is Buffett is actually one of GM’s share holders, which means he is driving a competitor’s new model. In fact, he recently called the Subaru Outback a “real threat” to one of his favorite businesses.

For his modest lifestyle, it makes us think of Ikea’s founder, Ingvar Kamprad, who is allegedly still driving a 20 year-old Volvo. According to TSR, a Swiss TV station, Kamprad drives a 1993 Volvo 240, flies only economy class and encourages IKEA employees to always write on both sides of a piece of paper.
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