Well that was enjoyable. 🎉 Huge congratulations to GLIDEsf and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation on an unimaginable partnership that raised $9M for a fortunate eBay for Charity public sale winner to have lunch subsequent…

Well that was enjoyable. 🎉 Huge congratulations to GLIDEsf and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation on an unimaginable partnership that raised $9M for a fortunate eBay for Charity public sale winner to have lunch subsequent month with Warren Buffett, Steph Curry, and Ayesha Curry.

And then, WOW. Warren Buffett tripled the quantity, bringing the entire raised to an astounding $27M, break up equally between these two wonderful organizations. 👏 Game-changing.

I used to be honored to be there, thanks, Hadley Salz. And what a deal with to attach with Rev. Gina M. Fromer, PhD, Christopher Helfrich, and their superior groups.

One of my highlights was the heartfelt dialog between Steph Curry and Warren Buffett. Warren informed Steph what a job mannequin he’s and mentioned, “People copy their heroes” and it is so true. We want extra of that vitality on this planet proper now and leaning into constructive position fashions. ❤️

Lovely spending time with you Mary Glide, Karl Robillard, Allyson Halpern, Francesca Delgado-Jones, Logan McDonnell, Tim Sommer, Brigid Behrens, Sara Beachler and so many extra stunning people. What an incredible neighborhood.

Congratulations once more to everybody concerned!

More right here from the WSJ:

Warren Buffett is stepping out for his famed charity lunch once more.

A thriller bidder paid simply over $9 million to win an public sale with the Oracle of Omaha, who final participated within the occasion in 2022.

The winner will meet the Berkshire Hathaway chairman for lunch on June 24 in Omaha, Neb. They can be joined by Golden State Warriors point-guard Steph Curry and his spouse, entrepreneur Ayesha Curry. The successful bidder can convey as much as seven company.

This yr’s successful bid quantity is a steep drop from the final time Buffett participated within the lunch in 2022, when an nameless bidder paid a document $19 million. Buffett, 95, has helped increase greater than $50 million for Glide, a treasured explanation for his first spouse, Susie Buffett, who died in 2004.