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Anonymous winner pays USD 9 million for Buffett and Curry lunch, with investor matching the bid for charity
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Published on 15 May 2026
Buffett will match the winning bid for charity
An anonymous eBay bidder has paid USD 9,000,100 for a private lunch with Stephen Curry and Warren Buffett in Omaha next month, reviving Buffett’s long-running charity auction tradition. Buffett, a longtime auction host, pledged to match the winning amount so both top charities benefit, including San Francisco’s GLIDE Foundation and the Currys’ Eat.Learn.Play Foundation. The event began in 2000, exceeded USD 1 million annually from 2008, and was paused after a USD 19 million lunch bid in 2022.
- Winner paid USD 9,000,100 for lunch with Buffett and Curry
- Buffett promised to match the winning bid for charity
- Auction proceeds target GLIDE Foundation and Curry’s Eat.Learn.Play
- Event revival follows a pause after 2022’s USD 19 million bid
- Bidding began in 2000 and often cleared USD 1 million since 2008
- This year’s auction ended Thursday night on eBay
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