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Warren Buffett Earned Enough Money As A Kid Selling Gum, Coca-Cola And Delivering Newspapers To Buy 40 Acres Of Farmland At Age 15
When he was only 6, Buffett earned his first cents selling sticks of gum in packs of five for a nickel ... He was also purchasing packs of Coca-Cola bottles and reselling them door-to-door.
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Warren Buffett shelled out $6.5 billion to help Mars buy Wrigley during the financial crisis. Here's how he made the candy deal happen.
"Leaving aside chewing gum, in which Wrigley ... and sustained profits for Coca-Cola since 1886 and Wrigley since 1891." Buffett's familiarity with the candy business and both Wrigley and Mars ...