Albuquerque Has It's Own Buffett

Omaha World Herald - He's an octogenarian businessman who enthusiastically goes to work every day, owns a successful company, has deep family roots in Omaha and has been a stockholder in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for more than 50 years. His name is Buffett. But this is George, first cousin of the more famous Warren. At age 82, George Buffett is a success in his own right, with parallel careers in business and politics in his adopted home state of New Mexico. He was an early investor with his cousin and kept his Berkshire stock while building a business that started with machines that make snow cones and cotton candy.

George Buffett

He was an alternate delegate at the 1952 Republican convention that nominated Dwight Eisenhower for president, although he favored Robert Taft instead. He battled what he calls "crooks" in the New Mexico Legislature and suspects political enemies set a fire that nearly burned up his business. His piñon nut brittle candy is praised by fans on the Internet. "I'm doing it my own way," George Buffett said. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Albuquerque Has It's Own Buffett