Reuters) - A steak lunch at Smith & Wollensky in Manhattan starts at $36.50. The same lunch, eaten in the company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, costs approximately $2.63 million.
That was the final result of the annual online charity auction for lunch with the "Oracle of Omaha," which ended late Friday night. A total of two bidders entered eight bids in the eBay (EBAY.O) auction, which started last Sunday.
The final bid was actually for just under $2.35 million, but the anonymous winner added to that after the auction to surpass last year's winning bid by $111, organizers said.
Interest was much lower than in 2010, when nine bidders made a total of 77 bids for the luncheon.
The proceeds benefit GLIDE, a San Francisco charity that Buffett was introduced to by his late first wife, Susan.
Buffett, 80, is the chief executive of the insurance-to-ice-cream conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) and one of the world's richest men
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