Growth Potential
In the nation's capital, Buffett attended Woodrow Wilson high school. During his sophomore year, he purchased a used pinball machine with a friend; they put the machine in a local barber shop, and soon owned machines in multiple barber shops. He also invested, first in a business his father owned and later buying a farm, which would leave him with more than $90,000 in savings by the time he finished college.

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