About Walter Scott Jr & family
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.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
utilities, telecomBirth date
05/21/31Number of children
6Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Colorado State UniversitySelf-made
self-madeWalter Scott Jr & family’s fortune is worth
70K
troy ounces of gold
65K
median U.S. household
42K
median U.S. income
0.084%
U.S. credit card volume
0.017%
GDP of the United States
0.012%
United States debt
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In July 2016, one of the three University of Nebraska, Omaha campuses was renamed the Scott Campus in his honor.
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