Skip navigation

Warren Buffett Watch

RSS FEED

» Help

Current DateTime: 03:58:32 24 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 30078629
powered by digg
Canada's Salida Capital Revealed As Winning $1.68M Bidder for Warren Buffett Lunch
Published: Wednesday, 8 Jul 2009 | 12:08 PM ET
Text Size
By: Alex Crippen
Executive Producer

Lunch with Warren
Salida Capital, described as "one of Canada's leading alternative investment management firms," is the previously-anonymous winning bidder of this year's Warren Buffett charity lunch auction.

When the bidding ended on June 26, we knew the winner would be paying $1,680,300 but we didn't know the winner's name.

Today (Wednesday) the auction's beneficiary, San Francisco's Glide Foundation, filled in that gap with a news release.

It quotes Salida's President and CEO Courtenay Wolfe as saying, "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit down with one of the world’s greatest investors. A man who can share invaluable perspectives and experience at a very unique time in history. It is something we plan to share with a handful of the people that have been the biggest supporters of our success over the years."
Berkshire Portfolio

“Lunch with Warren Buffett is something we have always had on our ‘dream list’. This year marking the 10 year anniversary of our firm, coupled with a strong recovery after difficult events last year, we felt the timing was appropriate. We have been consistently supportive and involved in philanthropic causes over the years and the fact that this is going to help such a worthy foundation will make the experience that much more rewarding for us.”

UPDATE:  Salida's Wolfe spoke live with Becky Quick on CNBC's Squawk Box Thursday morning.  Here's the video clip.

Current Berkshire stock prices:

Class A: [US;BRK.A  Loading...      ()   ]

Class B: [US;BRK.B  Loading...      ()   ]

For more Buffett Watch updates follow alexcrippen on Twitter.

Email comments to

© 2009 CNBC, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Add This share icon
Text Size
  • digg share
ADD COMMENTS
Remaining characters


Current DateTime: 01:19:40 24 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29778428

Current DateTime: 01:03:48 24 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779196

Current DateTime: 01:09:37 24 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779199

Current DateTime: 01:03:48 24 Nov 2009
LinksList Documentid: 29779198
  Data is a real-time snapshot  *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes
Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis

© 2009 CNBC, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
A Division of NBC Universal
Thomson ReutersThomson Reuters