24 mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett and his $70 billion fortune

Billionaire Warren Buffett has led a fascinating life.AP Photo/Nati Harnik

With a net worth of over $70 billion, Warren Buffett is the second-richest person in the world, behind only his good friend Bill Gates.

But to those who knew him from the beginning, Buffett’s success comes as no surprise: He was picking out stocks at 11 years old and had amassed the equivalent of $53,000 in today’s dollars by the time he was 16.

Inspired by a Quora thread asking “What are some mind-blowing facts about Warren Buffett,” we rounded up 24 astonishing facts about the “Oracle from Omaha” and his massive amount of wealth.

This is an update of an article originally written by Kathleen Elkins.