Whoever paid $2.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett would probably never be accused of being shy. But, the
winner of the Oracle of Omaha's 11th
annual charity-lunch
auction appears to be just that.
管是什么人,能豪掷260万美元获得与
巴菲特(Warren Buffett)共进午餐的机会,都不太可能跟"害羞"沾边,然而奥马哈先知第11次年度慈善午宴拍卖的赢家似乎就是这样。
Deal Journal
colleague Erik Holm reports that plans to have the
winning eBay bidders reveal themselves on Thursday have been postponed
indefinitely. Past
winners have included hedge-fund managers David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital and Zhao Danyang of Pureheart Asset Management Co., who set the
previous record with a $2.11 million
winning bid in 2008.
"并购看台"栏目的同事霍尔姆(Erik Holm)报导说,让在eBay上赢得竞拍者周四揭露自己身份的计划被无限期推迟了。以往的赢家包括对冲基金经理──绿光资本(Greenlight Capital)的艾因霍恩(David Einhorn)以及赤子之心资产管理公司(Pureheart Asset Management Co.)的赵丹阳,后者在2008年以211万美元赢得竞标,创下了当时的最高纪录。
So, who could possibly have won the steak lunch with Warren Buffett at Smith & Wollensky and then choose not show up to the press
conference? Deal Journal has some ideas...
那么,赢得了这个在Smith & Wollensky餐馆与
巴菲特共进牛排午餐的机会,但又决定不在记者会上露面,此人有可能是何方神圣呢?本栏目有一些猜想......
* BP CEO Tony Haywood's too busy
trying to charm Abu Dhabi into an
investment, and couldn't make the press
conference. He'll be at the lunch.
*英国石油(BP)首席执行官唐熙华(Tony Haywood)忙于吸引阿布扎比进行投资,可能不会出席记者会,但他会出席午宴。
* Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't even know about the press
conference. He just never got the call on his new iPhone.
*苹果(Apple)首席执行官
乔布斯(Steve Jobs)甚至不知道该记者会,他的新iPhone没有接到这个电话。
* LeBron James is a little busy with his own press
conference announcing what NBA team he's off to, but still really needs some
investment advice with an expected earth-shattering contract.
*勒布朗•詹姆斯(LeBron James)忙于宣布他去哪支NBA球队的记者会,但在预计价格令人震惊的合同上他确实需要一些投资建议。
Readers: Who do you think the
mysterywinner is?
读者们:你认为这位神秘赢家会是什么人?
-By Joe Bel Bruno