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It's better to build than to buy if you can find the right people.

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
Shareholder
Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
Better
Find
Right
People
Build

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