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Buffett became Zhang Lei’s driver for a time, and Zhang Lei reached the pinnacle of his life. What happened?

Since 2000, Buffett has held a "Charity Lunch" every year. Those who participate in the "Charity Lunch" can ask the stock god for advice on wealth.

But lunch is not free. It costs a lot of money to bid, with the highest bid reaching $4.6 million.

In order to get the "truth" from the stock god, these rich people really worked hard!

But there is a Chinese who had a free meal with Buffett without spending a penny. He is Zhang Lei, the "Chinese Buffett".

Why can Zhang Lei eat with Buffett for free?

Because Buffett took the initiative to invite Zhang Lei to his home for that meal. It was in 2014. Zhang Lei’s Hillhouse Capital had already gained a certain reputation, but it had not yet grown into a capital giant.

Why did Buffett take the initiative to invite Zhang Lei?

Buffett’s golden partner, Munger once said: Buffett is very good at judging people, and he is very accurate in judging people.

Before Buffett buys a company's stocks, he will first look at the company's management and their management capabilities. If it doesn't meet his standards, no matter how good the company's main business is, how good its financial situation is, or how famous it is, he won't buy it.

The reason why Buffett took the initiative to invite Zhang Lei was because he took a fancy to Zhang Lei.

Zhang Lei is another investment master: the chief investment officer of Yale University and a disciple of David Swenson. Moreover, Zhang Lei was in China at the time and had already made several very successful investments. At the same time, Zhang Lei, like Buffett, Is a believer in value investing.

Buffett saw himself in Zhang Lei when he was young, and also saw the potential of this young man, thinking that he would become a great player in the future.

There was an episode at that time. Buffett personally drove to pick up Zhang Lei. Zhang Lei was used to sitting in the back seat, so he sat directly in the back seat. He suddenly saw that the person sitting in the driver's seat was actually It's Buffett.

He immediately realized that he was rude and quickly apologized to Buffett.

But Buffett laughed and said: "You are so relieved about a driver who is over 80 years old, I should be happy."

Buffett resolved Zhang Lei's problem in a humorous way Awkward. This also shows that Buffett has a tolerant and humorous heart deep inside.

After the two of them finished their meal, Buffett said to Zhang Lei: "You manage money better than I do. I'll leave my wallet to you." Hence this classic photo. Of course, Buffett was joking and said this to encourage Zhang Lei.

What is noteworthy is that in 2015, a year after the two had a dinner together, Hillhouse Capital suddenly accelerated its diversification in the primary market. The number of investment projects has increased dramatically.

In 2014, the number of projects invested by Hillhouse was 12, which increased to 31 in 2015, more than tripling. Subsequently, Hillhouse Capital will enter all walks of life at an extremely fast speed in the next few years. So far, Hillhouse Capital has deployed as many as 400 companies in 21 different major industries, with assets under management of up to 500 billion.

Becoming a giant in the world’s asset management industry and a leading figure in Asia’s asset management industry, Zhang Lei has also become “China’s Buffett”.

As for what Buffett said to Zhang Lei during that dinner, neither party made it public, so the outside world has no way of knowing.

But after the two had dinner, Hillhouse Capital frequently made big moves and began to accelerate its evolution, becoming a giant in just a few years.

We have to guess whether the stock god Buffett believed that Zhang Lei had extraordinary bones, so he taught Zhang Lei the "True Sutra" of maintaining peace in the universe.

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