Buffett’s 20th Annual Charity Lunch Auction to Kick Off in May

Dan Reichl

30 Apr 2019, 12:02 AM IST

(Bloomberg) -- Warren Buffett’s 20th annual lunch auction to benefit a San Francisco charity is set for next month.

The week-long auction on EBay Inc.’s website is planned for May 26 through May 31, according to a statement issued Monday by Glide, whose programs address hunger, poverty and homelessness. The winning bidder gets to bring seven friends to a lunch with the famed investor at Smith & Wollensky in New York. Buffett, 88, has raised close to $30 million to benefit the charity.

Year	Winner	Winning Bid
2000	Anonymous	$25,000
2001	Anonymous	$18,000
2002	Anonymous	$25,000
2003	David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital	$250,100
2004	Jason Choo, Singapore	$202,100
2005	Anonymous	$351,100
2006	Yongping Duan, California	$620,100
2007	Mohnish Pabrai, Guy Spier, Harina Kapoor	$650,100
2008	Zhao Danyang, Pure Heart Asset Management	$2,110,100
2009	Salida Capital, Canada	$1,680,300
2010	Ted Weschler	$2,626,311
2011	Ted Weschler	$2,626,411
2012	Anonymous	$3,456,789
2013	Anonymous	$1,000,100
2014	Andy Chua, Singapore	$2,166,766
2015	Zhu Ye, Dalian Zeus Entertainment Co.	$2,345,678
2016	Anonymous	$3,456,789
2017	Anonymous	$2,679,001
2018	Anonymous	$3,300,100

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