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Name

Walter Scott, Jr.

Primary Residence

Omaha, Nebraska

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Colorado State University

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

Level 3 Communications Inc.

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

utilities, telecom, Self Made

Net Worth

$4,500,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/walter-scott-jr

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

424

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#424 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#153 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

Walter Scott Jr, lifelong friend of Warren Buffett, owes the bulk of his fortune to Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Buffett's massive utilities subsidiary.In 2000, Scott and Buffett partnered to buy utility MidAmerican Energy, later renamed Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for $2 billion.Scott still owns about 9% of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and serves on its board. He is also a director of Berkshire Hathaway.He began his career at construction giant Peter Kiewit in his native Omaha, Nebraska, rising to the rank of CEO in 1979.Scott pushed Kiewit into telecom, fiber optics and power plants before retiring from the company in 1998.

Did you know?

He and Buffett, who competed against each other for girls in high school, once owned minority stakes in the Omaha Storm Chasers minor league baseball team.In July 2016, one of the three University of Nebraska, Omaha campuses was renamed the Scott Campus in his honor.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott_Jr.