Winner Bids $9M For Lunch With Steph Curry and Warren Buffett For Glide Fundraiser

"Steph and Ayesha Curry joined forces with Warren Buffett to raise funds for SF's Glide Foundation, as well as Ayesha's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, with the winning bid earning an impressive $9 million for lunch with the trio. The big auction launched last week on eBay and wrapped up Thursday with one lucky anonymous winner landing an exclusive lunch in Omaha, Nebraska, the hometown of 95-year-old investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, as the Associated Press reports."

"The Bay Area's power couple, Steph and Ayesha Curry, will also be joining the lunch of a lifetime, along with seven lucky guests of the winner's choice, according to CNBC. Buffett reportedly reached out to Curry to have him join the cause earlier this year. Starting in 2000, Buffett has auctioned these lunches and raised around $53.2 million for the Glide Foundation, but said he was stopping the auctions after the winning bid went for $19 million in 2022."

"The proceeds from the auction will be equally split between the Glide Foundation and Ayesha Curry's Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. Buffett will reportedly be matching the winning bid for each nonprofit, bringing the total proceeds to around $27 million. In 2023, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff pledged to continue these lunches to benefit the Glide Foundation, following Buffett's exit, but the first lunch in 2024 with only Benioff on the bill only raised $1.5 million."

Steph and Ayesha Curry teamed up with Warren Buffett to raise money for the Glide Foundation and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation. An eBay charity auction for lunch with the trio ran from last week until Thursday, ending with one anonymous winner. The winner will have lunch in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett’s hometown, along with seven guests chosen by the winner. Buffett previously auctioned these lunches starting in 2000 and raised about $53.2 million for Glide, but planned to stop after a $19 million bid in 2022. Proceeds from the latest auction will be split equally between the two nonprofits, and Buffett will reportedly match the winning bid for each, bringing total proceeds to about $27 million.

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