He’s the richest rapper in the world, but Jay Z’s net worth isn’t just due to a successful career in the music industry—he’s also one hell of an investor.
So much so that business titan Warren Buffet observed that “Jay is teaching in a lot bigger classroom than I’ll ever teach in.
For a young person growing up, he’s the guy to learn from,” in an interview published in Forbes back in 2010. In comparing the two, which span a 40-year age gap, Buffett recalled starting in business early at age seven reading his father’s business books.
Jay Z, meanwhile, “started a little later” but the rapper identified with what the Berkshire Hathaway CEO was saying about needing emotional stability, not necessarily smarts, to succeed. “My first album didn’t come out until I was 26, so I had a bit more maturity.
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