Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, left, plays table tennis with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates during the Berkshire annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)
Warren Buffett has cemented his legacy as one of the most expensive lunch guests of all time.
The winning bid in a benefit auctioning off a chance to dine with the billionaire investor clocked in at US$19 million, according to the Ebay listing, securing an anonymous bidder and up to seven guests a meal with the Berkshire Hathaway Inc chairman and chief executive officer at Smith & Wollensky in New York.
The auction to raise money for San Francisco-based charity Glide opened Sunday with a starting price of $25,000. By Monday, bids crept…
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