Warren Buffett And Some Other Awesome 86-Year-Old People, Companies And Inventions

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.

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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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