authorDiscover the Best Books Written by Howard G. Buffett
Howard Graham Buffett (born December 16, 1954) is an American businessman, former politician, philanthropist, photographer, farmer, and conservationist. He is the middle child of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. He is named after Howard Buffett, his grandfather, and Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett's favorite professor.
Howard G. Buffett grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, with two siblings: older sister Susan and younger brother Peter. He has been active in business, politics, agriculture, conservation, photography, and philanthropy. In August 1977, he married Marcia Sue Duncan. Also, in 1977, he began farming in Tekamah, Nebraska. His father purchased the property for $760,000 and charged him rent.
Howard later married Devon Morse, born Devon Armour Goss. On October 14, 1983, they had a son, Howard Warren Buffett. Buffett currently resides in Decatur, Illinois, from where he oversees a 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) family farm in Pana, Illinois, and three foundation-operated research farms, including over 1,500 acres in Arizona and 9,200 acres in South Africa. He is an advocate of no-till conservation agriculture.
Buffett was Corporate Vice President and Assistant to the Chairman of Archer Daniels Midland Company from 1992 to 1995, Director of Archer Daniels Midland Company from 1991 to 1995, Director of the Board of Directors of The GSI Group from 1995 to 2001, Director of ConAgra Foods from 2002 to 2006, Director of Agro Tech Foods Ltd. until October 26, 2006, and Director at Sloan Implement. He became a Lindsay Corporation director in 1995 and served as Chairman for a year from 2002 to 2003. and in 2008, announced he would let his term as a director expire in January 2010.
He is, as of 1992, a director of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., and President of Buffett Farms. Howard G. Buffett has been a Director of The Coca-Cola Company since December 9, 2010. From 1993 to 2004, he was a director of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world's largest Coca-Cola Bottler. In December 2011, Warren Buffett told CBS News that he would like his son Howard to succeed him as Berkshire Hathaway's non-executive chairman.
In 2000, Buffett co-produced a book of photography with Colin Mead, Images of the Wild, an information source for traveling to wildlife areas in North America and Africa. In 2001, he wrote On The Edge: Balancing Earth's Resources, which focused on preserving world biodiversity, species, and habitats. Former Senator Paul Simon authored the foreword. In 2002, Buffett wrote Tapestry of Life, a compilation of portraits taken in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, and other countries with deep poverty and human need.
Tom Brokaw authored the foreword. Also, in 2002, he published Taking Care of Our World, a book that teaches children about ecology. In 2003, he co-wrote Spots Before Your Eyes with Ann van Dyk. The foreword was authored by Dr. Jane Goodall. Spots Before Your Eyes presents history and facts about the cheetah species. In 2005, he published the Threatened Kingdom: The Story of the Mountain Gorilla, which provides information about the mountain gorilla's habitat and the challenges facing the species.
In 2009, he wrote Fragile: The Human Condition with the support of National Geographic. The foreword was authored by Shakira Mebarak. Fragile: The Human Condition is the documentation of life stories in sixty-five countries. In 2013, he co-wrote the New York Times Bestseller Forty Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World with his son Howard Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett authored the foreword. In 2018, he wrote Our 50-State Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America, with a foreword by Heidi Heitkamp and a preface by Cindy McCain.
