Warren Buffett plays bridge 8 hours a week and can beat Bill Gates. via CNBCMakeIt
Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett is known for spending as much as 80 percent of his day reading. But when he's not learning or working, chances are the billionaire is playing bridge.
Over time, he's honed the skill to the point where he can typically beat his good friend Bill Gates, who's also a fan of the card game."I probably play 100 times as often as Bill, so that probably is the only game in the world where I would have a slight edge with him," Buffett told CNBC's Becky Quick in an exclusive interview on"Squawk Box" on Monday.Buffett, who is, at 88 years old, as sharp as ever, likes how bridge keeps him on his toes.
It's not too surprising that billionaires Buffett and Gates make time for a game that gets them thinking. Author Steve Siebold, who has studied more than 1,000 wealthy people, found that they would generally rather be educated than entertained."The rich like entertainment but love to learn, and they spend their entire lives soaking up information and using it to get richer every day," he writes in his book, "How Rich People Think.
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