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Warren Buffett's son Peter didn't know his dad was a billionaire until his 20s—he found out from a rich list

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Warren Buffett’s son Peter didn’t find out his father was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and he learned it the same way the rest of the world did: by spotting his dad’s name on a list of the richest Americans.

“I’m not kidding. It was when I was in my 20s that my mom and I talked at some point, because there he was, on this list,” Peter, now 68, recalled in a 2013 Forbes interview with both Peter and Warren Buffett. “And we laughed about it, because we said, ‘Well, isn’t it funny? You know, we know who we are, but everybody’s treating us differently now.'”

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