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Who Is Charlie Munger?, Age, Height, Weight, Career, Family, Net Worth

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Who Is Charlie Munger?, Age, Height, Weight, Career, Family, Net Worth: American businessman, investor, and philanthropist, Charlie Munger also known as Charles Thomas Munger has passed on.

Charlie Munger, the longtime vice chairman and second-in-command to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway died on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

According to a press release from Berkshire Hathaway, Munger was 99 and would have turned 100 on January 1. He died peacefully, Berkshire said. No cause of death has been given as of this writing.

Charlie Munger

Following his demise, friends, colleagues, and the business community have taken to social media to mourn with the bereaved family

His longtime friend and business partner, Warren Buffett said; “Berkshire Hathaway could not have been built to its present status without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom, and participation”

Tim Cook tweeted; “A titan of business and keen observer of the world around him, Charlie Munger helped build an American institution, and through his wisdom and insights, inspired a generation of leaders. He will be sorely missed. Rest in peace, Charlie”

A titan of business and keen observer of the world around him, Charlie Munger helped build an American institution, and through his wisdom and insights, inspired a generation of leaders. He will be sorely missed. Rest in peace Charlie.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 28, 2023

Alex Zhavoronkov wrote; “The wise giant has fallen today. A moment of silence, RIP Charlie Munger. Today, we cannot convert money into more healthy productive life years. I will spend the rest of my life working to change that. Aging, the universal inflation of life. It is the most common denominator and everyone is on the clock”

The wise giant has fallen today. A moment of silence, RIP Charlie Munger 🙏
Today, we cannot convert money into more healthy productive life years. I will spend the rest of my life working to change that.
Aging, the universal inflation of life. It is the most common denominator…

— Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD (aka Aleksandrs Zavoronkovs) (@biogerontology) November 29, 2023

Born on January 1, 1924, and an Omaha native, Munger left the University of Michigan to become an Army meteorologist during World War II.

He later earned a degree from Harvard Law School and met Buffett at a dinner party in 1959. He joined Berkshire Hathaway in the 1970s.

Munger served as chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011. He was also chairman of the Daily Journal Corporation (Los Angeles) and a director of Costco Wholesale Corporation.

At the time of his death, Munger served on Berkshire’s board and newspaper publisher Daily Journal Corp. and retailer Costco.

Like Buffett, he was known as a pragmatic investor and an active philanthropist who lived relatively frugally and gave millions to universities.

Charlie Munger Age

Charlie Munger was born on Monday, January 1, 1924, and passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. He died at 99 and would have turned 100 on New Year’s Day.

Charlie Munger Height & Weight

Charlie Munger’s height and weight are unknown to us as of this writing. However, looking at his images and videos, the late businessman was a tall gentleman with a great physique.

Charlie Munger Family

Charlie Munger is the son of Alfred C. Munger (father) and Florence Munger (mother). Though he’s famous, we do not have any information (date of birth, age, and occupation) regarding his parents as of this writing.

The late businessman never shared any information regarding his siblings making it unknown to us whether or not the R&B and soul singer is the only child of his parents. There are no records about that.

At the time of Munger’s death, there’s no information on whether he was engaged, married, or divorced.

However, In 1945, the late investor married Nancy Huggins. They separated and divorced in 1953. It’s unclear to us the reason for their separation. On July 22, 2002, Huggins Freeman died of cancer at age 76.

Nancy is the daughter of Frederick R. Huggins and Edith M. Huggins. She was a Pasadena native who had been Munger’s sister’s roommate at Scripps College.

After Munger’s divorce, he remarried within a couple of years. In 1956, he married Nancy Barry, daughter of David Noble Barry Jr. and Emilie Hevener Barry.

They were together until Barry died at age 86 on February 6, 2010.

Charlie Munger had seven children; Teddy Munger, Charles T. Munger Jr., Molly Munger, Wendy Munger, Emilie Munger Ogden, Philip R. Munger, and Barry A. Munger.

From his first marriage with Nancy Huggins, he had three children; Wendy (a former corporate lawyer, trustee of Stanford University, and trustee of The Huntington Library), Molly (a civil rights attorney and funder of a ballot initiative to raise California taxes for public education) and Teddy (deceased, leukemia, age 9).

From his second marriage with Nancy Barry, he had four children; physicist and Republican activist, Charles, Emilie, Barry, and Philip. He also has two stepchildren; William Harold Borthwick and David Borthwick.

Charlie Munger Net Worth

According to Forbes, Charlie Munger had an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion and was ranked as the 1182nd richest person in the world