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Someone offers Sh2.2 billion to eat lunch with Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is one of the wealthiest people in the world. [Courtesy]

A wealthy person has bid a record $19 million (Sh2.23 billion) to eat lunch with Warren Buffett, in the 21st and final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity.

The winning bid at the eBay auction, which ended on Friday, far surpassed the previous record of $4.57 million (Sh466.1 million) paid in 2019 by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun.

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