In 1961, Donald and Mildred Othmer invested $25,000 each with Warren Buffett, by 1998 their combined fortune reached nearly $800 million

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Othmer was a chemical engineering professor at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked as a teacher and a buyer for her mother's clothing business. They lived in Brooklyn and were known for keeping their lives simple despite their growing wealth. The story came to attention in…