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Doris Buffett and author Michael Zitz sign books inside The Griffin bookshop. At 82 years young, Doris, big sister of billionaire Warren, was on a mission. When she inherited millions in Berkshire Hathaway stock from a family trust in 1996, instead of clinging to it like a security blanket, she dedicated the rest of her life to giving it away ...
Doris Eleanor Buffett (February 12, 1928 – August 4, 2020) was an American philanthropist. She was also known as the 'retail' philanthropist. She was the founder of The Sunshine Lady Foundation, The Learning By Giving Foundation, and The Letters Foundation who she co-founded alongside her younger brother, billionaire Warren Buffett.
Doris’ Life in Photos & Video. Doris and her grandson Alex at Susie Buffett's wedding at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Doris was a curious young woman and always loved getting involved in her community. Doris never stopped reading the incoming letters from her Letters Foundation. Doris loved being silly with her friends and family.
Doris Eleanor Buffett was born in 1928 in Ohama, Nebraska, the oldest sister of Warren. She was married four times and fought two bouts with cancer. She was known as the “retail” philanthropist and the founder of The Sunshine Lady Foundation, The Learning By Giving Foundation, and The Letters Foundation which she co-founded alongside Warren.
Doris' life was full of adventure and a few antics. Her life spanned nine decades and she lived through immense trials and triumphs that heavily influenced her. Along the way, she had countless adventures. Hear some of her friends and family share their most memorable stories with Doris. Learn more. I can’t change somebody’s life….
20 de jul. de 2021 · Doris Buffett, Warren Buffett’s older sister, recalls childhood memories, their father’s run for congress and her admiration for Warren’s late wife Susie. Sh...
In 1999, John Sedgwick in an article in Worth magazine aptly described the Sunshine Lady Foundation as “uniquely hands-on, folksy, a person-to-person enterprise – the “un-foundation,” a description that is still true today given the 20+ years of continuity in leadership. From the beginning, Doris Buffett concentrated on needs which she felt were overlooked by other philanthropists.
