Famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc CEO Warren Buffett turned 86 years old on Tuesday. His estimated wealth of roughly $61 billion equated to him having earned $1.94 million for each day of his life
In this article, we want to take a look into some other cool 86-year-old things.
Famous Brands
- Yum! Brands, Inc. YUM’s Kentucky Fried Chicken was founded in 1930.
- Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN, originally called Geophysical Service Inc. until 1951, was founded in 1930 by John Clarence Karcher and Eugene McDermott.
- Westin Hotels & Resorts, now owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc HOT, first became a business group in 1930, consisting of 17 properties. There are now approximately 200 Westin luxury hotels across almost 40 countries today.
- Mattel, Inc. MAT’s Fisher-Price has been making toys since 1930.
Noteworthy People
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, born January 20, 1930
- Business magnate and billionaire, George Soros, born August 12
- Academy-award winning actor and producer Sean Connery, born August 25
- Sandra Day O'Connor born March 26
- Actor and writer Gene Hackman, born January 30
- Actor Clint Eastwood, born May 31
- Activist Dolores Huerta, born April 10
- Famed businessman Ross Perot, born June 27
Life-Changing Inventions
- Scotch tape was patented by 3M Co MMM engineer Richard G. Drew.
- Neoprene was invented by Wallace Carothers and DuPont Labs.
- The frozen food process, which would change eating in the US, was patented by Clarence Birdseye.
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