Is there anyone living you would pay $16k to eat lunch with?
 

I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i think lunch with Kurt Vonnegut might be worth 16k

or Igmar Bergman. if Kieslowski was still alive, then he'd definitely be worth it.

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i think lunch with Kurt Vonnegut might be worth 16k

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Christ, Hell no.

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Haruki Murakami or Salman Rushdie

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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I wouldn't pay $16K to EAT them.

But how much for a foot?

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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well this is pretty misleading, because the proceeds went to charity.

if I'm already giving 16k to charity anyways, I would change who I gave it to in order to have lunch with a lot of interesting people..

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i would consider keira knightley, if the lunch was her ass

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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LOL

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i would consider keira knightley, if the lunch was her ass

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Challah!

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These questions are not meant for 99% of the population. For the rest, it's an easy yes, with all sorts of people.

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John Nash

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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You really think you would learn more from him in one lunch then you would say spending $20 on The Intelligent Investor and reading it?

I just don't see what information he would and could give out that would be all that ground breaking. His basic investing outlook can be found in the above book. I guess if you got a few really good tips it could be worth it but from what I've read about him, this seems highly unlikely when it comes to information that is not already within the public domain.

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Clarkmeister.

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I saw some blurb on ESPN about a guy paying more than $16K to have lunch with the old Redsox GM. I think this is crazy myself (i'm sure its going to charity so I guess that makes it better)

I was trying to think of anyone living today that I would spend $16k to have a one on one lunch with. I'm having a hard time because I don't really see it being that great of an experience. Sure it would be awesome to be able to completely pick someone's brain or develope sometype of networking or friendship with them. But I just don't see either of these things happening in these situations. Rather I think you get 45 minutes of small talk and a handshake.

The closest I can come up with is perhaps with an author I really like? I think the chances of having a really interesting conversation are at least decent and he/she probably wouldn't be so famous as to be completely unable to relate to you.

Thoughts?

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i hate to bring math and logic into OOT but the utility of money is less for those with more and more for those with less.

lets say the person in question paid 16k out of his 16million avaiable wealth. thats 0.1% of his wealth.

now lets say your avaialbe wealth is 20k. so now, is it worth $20.00 to you to have lunch w/ the GM guy?

-Barron

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If you're going to take this line, at least be right. $20 to the guy with $20k is not the same as $16k to the guy with $16M.

A better move would be to just not answer the question this way.

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if you have a constant utility function then it is. in reality probably not, but my hyperbole just shows the point im trying to make, and that is: the guy who pays 16k to eat lunch with somebody is paying what he thinks that lunch is worth and likely has a shitload of money.

asking OOT about who they'd pay 16k to eat lunch with can't be compared to the guy who paid 16k in actuality to eat w/ the GM guy.

Barron

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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I couldn't afford to buy even one share of Berkshire Hathaway. His advice would be of minimal use to me.

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Sorry to come up with the right answer and ruin your thread.

Warren Buffett

Lunch with him would be worth $16k to practically everyone on this board (assuming you would be smart enough to listen to him)...easily.

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You really think you would learn more from him in one lunch then you would say spending $20 on The Intelligent Investor and reading it?

I just don't see what information he would and could give out that would be all that ground breaking. His basic investing outlook can be found in the above book. I guess if you got a few really good tips it could be worth it but from what I've read about him, this seems highly unlikely when it comes to information that is not already within the public domain.

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Once you get to this stage, you're more a cult than a man. It would be enough to sit in contemplation of the Lord.

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For me, it'd be a no-brainer. With the basic investing sense I already have and my current net worth, combined with future earnings potential, I'd know how to get my $16k worth out of that lunch.

I guess I may have overestimated how many people would be making a +EV decision by eating lunch with Buffett, but if you knew what to ask him and what to do with his answers, you don't need much in terms of assets to make him worth your while. There are a lot of smart people who work very hard to make sure Mr. Buffett's money is well-invested. I definitely think the work put into those decisions, combined with Buffett's knowledge and hard work is worth more than 16k.

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I'm going to go with the my porn corrupted/infested mind and say Pamala Anderson, but only if she was naked, i could eat off of her and recieve a happy ending for dessert?? You only live once

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I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

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gonores,

That's a pretty silly post. Makes you sound both arrogant and ignorant, imo.

You vastly overestimate how much you're going to take away from a lunch w/ Buffett.

You will get far more out of reading and studying his writings/actions than having lunch with him.

It's not like you're going to have lunch and he'll be like "well, gonores, here's my tip. My team has been working hard analyzing every company around and CRUNK!!! Energy Drink is definitely going to be the next Coca-Cola. Get in now!!!!!"

Edited to add: If this were something like 16k to be an intern/assistant to Buffett for a year, whole different ballgame.

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I was gunna start a whole new thread titled "Who would you pay $20 to have lunch with"? but then the list was way to long and my brain started hurting thinking of all the people id drop a jackson on to stare at while they ate.

so yeah, if I was rich, prolly a lot of people. Me being poor....nobody.

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im just being nit picky but the basic question is: who would you pay a meaningful amount of money to eat w/?

id love to have lunch with mark messier. id pay a pretty penny for that.

Barron

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not a single person walking the planet.

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Haruki Murakami or Salman Rushdie

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this is really pretty funny since i turned down eating lunch with salman rushdie....

my gf's roomate in college was going to eat lunch at him since he was giving a speech at my school.

She and her aunt were going to have lunch with him since her aunt knew rushdie from somewhere in their past....

didn't want to be the 3rd wheel...(4th wheel in that case)

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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there we go. The only person Id pay a significant amount of money to eat lunch with, was someone who had a price on their head worth more than the cost of the lunch

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How about someone like Sadaam Hussien, or some other tyrant with translator. I think something like that would be really interesting.

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There are probably a few people I would pay this for, and I am not that rich.

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Clarkmeister.

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I can broker this one for a mere 10% commission. PM me.

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How about someone like Sadaam Hussien, or some other tyrant with translator. I think something like that would be really interesting.

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lol, I think this would be a very disruptive lunch.

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For me, it'd be a no-brainer. With the basic investing sense I already have and my current net worth, combined with future earnings potential, I'd know how to get my $16k worth out of that lunch.

I guess I may have overestimated how many people would be making a +EV decision by eating lunch with Buffett, but if you knew what to ask him and what to do with his answers, you don't need much in terms of assets to make him worth your while. There are a lot of smart people who work very hard to make sure Mr. Buffett's money is well-invested. I definitely think the work put into those decisions, combined with Buffett's knowledge and hard work is worth more than 16k.

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This was my first thought too. There was a charity auction a while back that got way more than 16K, by the way.

Also, whoever said "just read the Intelligent Investor, it has his whole investment philosophy" is *far* from correct

Which is not to say that the lunch would be worth 16K unless you have significantly more than 16K in investable assets. Like several hundred thousand at the minimum. I'm sure an hour conversation could make you a notch or two better as an investor, if you already know what you are doing and ask the right questions, but it's not like he's giving away a monster tip or a magic formula. Anyone who has followed his career should know that.

My answer to the OP is no one. If i had a couple million, there might be a few.

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L4TV,

What exactly are you going to get out of this lunch that will make it worth the 16k?

Edited to add: The reason people pay that much in a charity auction to have lunch w/ Buffett is to give to charity and get a tax deduction and have lunch w/ Buffett, not to get 16k+ worth of investment advice.

Edited again after L4TV's edit to add: If an hour lunch makes you a notch or two better investor, then you were probably a pretty crappy investor to begin with and it is highly unlikely you would really be able to take advantage of whatever information he is discussing.

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L4TV,

What exactly are you going to get out of this lunch that will make it worth the 16k?

Edited to add: The reason people pay that much in a charity auction to have lunch w/ Buffett is to have lunch w/ Buffett, not to get 16k+ worth of investment advice.

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I agree. Edited my post while you were writing.

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Responding to be a nit: You really think someone with, oh, $1.6M in assets couldn't pay for the lunch within a year by improving his return by .1%? I said notch, not leap.

Getting off-topic though. I'll throw Joe Dumars out there, if 16K didn't affect me much. Favorite player growing up, architect of the best team in the NBA....

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L4TV,

That is not how investing works. That ".1% aha nugget" is just as likely to come from watching some imbecile like Jim Cramer on TV for an hour as it is to come from Buffett. In fact, for the educated investor, it's probably more likely to come from some moron than from Buffett.

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I would pay 16k to meet Osama Bin Laden for lunch, but the only thing he'd be eating is lead.

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there we go. The only person Id pay a significant amount of money to eat lunch with, was someone who had a price on their head worth more than the cost of the lunch

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Only if he told me in advance where we'd be meeting for lunch. Then I'd be fashionably late.

Hello $25 million.

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El Diablo,

Boo yah!

Perrier

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I would pay a significant amount of money (not even close to $16000) to have lunch with Wayne Gretzky or perhaps Daniel Negreanu.

"id love to have lunch with mark messier. id pay a pretty penny for that."

Why Mark Messier? Just so you can pull out the "Bet you cant eat just one?!?!"?