Warren Buffett and Stephanie Sher '12 share a special moment
I guess at this point in my Princeton career, when people do awesome things or chill with big names, I shouldn't be surprised. But I still am.A picture, here, is worth a thousand, nay, a billion words (see what I did there?):If you're not sure what's going on in that picture -- because honestly it calls to mind that awful Matt Damon movie about conjoined twins -- that's Princeton's own Stephanie Sher '12 "booty bumping" billionaire and investor-extraordinaire Warren Buffett.Sher met Buffett in Omaha through something called "Smart Women Securities," a non-profit started by Harvard alums that promotes financial literacy among women (and that next year will have a chapter at Princeton).So how'd they get an audience with someone like Buffett? Well... Sher?
Interesting fact: Warren Buffett will only see student groups that are at least 40% women. With respect to our group, he said, "This is my kind of ratio."
After lunch at Piccolo Pete's, one of Buffett's favorite steakhouses (and where he indulges his strict diet of steak and fries, Cherry Cokes, and root beer floats), the man offered to take pictures. Of course, in the poses there was the requisite hug, the occasional posed kisses, and even the Asian peace sign thrown in there. Sher opted for the booty bump, probably the more interesting of options.What did Sher have to say about her experience? Her brush with greatness?
To my surprise, Mr. Buffett booty-bumped me so hard that I fell over (didn't help that I was in 3-inch heels).
I don't typically say this, but. You go girl. You too, Buffett.