I think being born to a very well connected Congressman helped. Having the good luck of getting a job with Ben Graham helped a ton too.
Yes very good points to be fair. Being born affluent always helps for sure. He spends so much time reading to keep his knowledge up to date. Every day is a learning day is a good outlook...
Ya the figures are the latest data I could find, indeed he avoided tech stocks for years but changed that in 2016 and have been continually building that holding since then. They now own 5.8% of all Apple stock. The stock has risen by over 500% since the first investment.
Coca Cola was one of the first stocks he went into big time and they still own approx. 9% today.