A wealthy person has bid a record $19 million to eat lunch with Warren Buffett, in the 21st and final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity.
The winning bid at the eBay auction, which ended on Friday, far surpassed the previous record of $4.57 million paid in 2019 by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun.
Proceeds benefit Glide, a nonprofit in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district that helps the poor, homeless, or those battling substance abuse. Glide offers meals, shelter, HIV and hepatitis C tests, job training, and children’s programs.
This year’s winner chose to remain anonymous. An eBay spokeswoman said the lunch was the most expensive item ever sold on the company’s website to benefit charity….