Daddy Givebucks: Lessons Learned When Warren Buffett Hands You $1 Billion

September 2009, Fast Company — For all the talk of how Warren Buffett is a normal, aw-shucks Midwestern guy, we know he is not just like us. We don't play bridge with Bill Gates. We may get calls asking for capital infusions, but they're from our kids, not from GE and Goldman. And these days, we certainly don't get 10% dividends on our stocks.