Sounds like there's a grandson who's being groomed for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Warren_Buffett

They all seem very similar to the British "new nobility" in the mid-late 19th century, albeit with less syphilis and opium.

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mitxela 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Rags to rags in three generations, don't forget. These people are not Warren Buffett and most likely do not share his skill, luck, and psychological investment.

	▲	detourdog 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The grandson was in FFA (Future Farmers of America) in high school. My guess is the Buffett family values environment was not typical suburban USA.
	▲	mgfist 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Buffett’s giving almost all his wealth away so not the usual rags-to-rags. The grandson has a pretty successful career already anyways (helped obviously by his relation to Warren)

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tclancy 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Think you’re begging the question with that final phrase.

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echoangle 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is grooming the right word here? The guy is 42, grooming to me has a pedophilic connotation.

	▲	SirFatty 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You should spend less time on 4chan.
	▲	avazhi 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		This is how groomed is used, yes. The sexually overt connotation is a very recent thing.
	▲	bell-cot 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The word has a many meanings - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/groom Squinting at a [Compact] 1971 Oxford English Dictionary - the pedophilic meaning postdates that edition.