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Globe-trotting with Bill and Warren
Now, doesn't this scene look like loads of fun? Bill Gates and Warren Buffett hanging out on a Boeing Business Jet, totally relaxed, drinking soda, playing cards and talking biz? It's not fun as in Hooters Air kind of fun, but the actual plane looks better. (If you look very closely, you will notice that Warren reads The New York Times, not The Wall Street Journal. Who knew?)
This is an actual ad for NetJets, a company Warren Buffett bought in 1998, I saw in The Economist this week. Netjets provide fractional jet ownership programs to those who find your typical first class cabin simply suffocating.
I wonder how much Warren had to pay Bill in order to be in his ad?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anna Brones Feb 26th 2008 10:59AM
My roommate and I were just commenting on how absurd this ad is...
David Troyer Feb 26th 2008 2:12PM
I've seen this ad a number of times in The Economist over the past six months.
I doubt Warren had to pay Bill anything to be in the ad considering how much money Buffett has given to The Gates' Foundation.
mat Feb 26th 2008 6:11PM
Actually Bill is on the Board of Directors of NetJets
iva.skoch Feb 26th 2008 6:13PM
Ah, that would explain it. It still, however, doesn't explain why Bill looks so excited.
Justin Feb 27th 2008 1:48AM
Actually, Bill and Warren are good friends and are known to get together and play cards on a somewhat regular basis...