Howard G. Buffett is chairman and CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. He has served as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Against Hunger and served on the corporate boards of the Coca-Cola Company, Con Agra Foods, and Archer Daniels Midland, an American global food processing and commodities trading corporation. He serves on the corporate board of Berkshire Hathaway, an American multinational conglomerate holding company. A farmer, businessman, elected official, photographer, and philanthropist, he has dedicated his life to finding solutions for some of the world’s most serious and intractable problems, including hunger, conflict, wildlife trafficking, border security, and public-safety challenges. Among his many awards and accolades, he has received the Order of the Aztec Eagle Award, the highest honor bestowed on a foreign citizen by the Mexican government. He is a sworn volunteer auxiliary deputy for the Macon County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois and a Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Deputy Commander in Arizona. |
