Berksshire employee won a million dollars at Warren Buffett’s March Madness Bracket Challenge
Cooper Flagg #2 from Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against Bear Baylor during the second round 2025.
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For the first time after almost 10 years, a Berksshire Hathaway An employee claimed that Warren Buffett was a $ 1 million main prize for NCAA competition in NCAA.
An anonymous employee of Flighssafey International Air Force Training, Buffett Berksshire Branch, won the annual internal carrier competition after calling 31 of 32 matches in the first round of a men’s basketball tournament called March Madless, according to a statement.
The 94-year-old Oracle from Omaha finally managed to award a great reward after repeatedly relaxing the rules of the 2016 competition. Originally, Buffett, a Creightton basketball fan, intended to assign anyone who could perfectly predict Sweet sixteen.
Then, in 2024, after Jackpot was left without a search, the participants received the advantage of giving up the results of eight games among seeds no. 1 and 2. Still, no one broke the code.
The rules have changed this year, so that anyone who selects the winners of at least 30 of the 32 first round of the tournament could be eligible for winning the award.
In fact, 12 Berksshire employees have been properly hit by 31 of the 32 games in the first round. A million dollars award went to a person from that group who chose 29 games before losing. This winner correctly selected 44 of 45 games.
The other 11 competitors receive $ 100,000 each.
