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Now-megarich real estate mogul Warren Buffet got off to a fast start as a teen. In his 1944 federal income tax return, which he provided to PBS, he reported $364 in income from his paper route job and $228.50 in investments and interest.  

In today's dollars, that works out to just over $5000 in income and nearly $3200 in investments โ€” quite a tidy sum for a kid barely into high school and an unsurprising start for a legendary investor. You can see his full 1040 below:

 

[PBS via Quartz]

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