Chinese online gaming company wins Buffett lunch for $2.3M

An online gaming company based in Beijing was the highest bidder in an online auction of a steak lunch with Warren Buffett.

Da Lian Zeus Entertainment Company will donate $2,345,678 to share a meal with the billionaire investor.

That tops the $2.17 million winning bid last year but is roughly two-thirds of the record $3,456,789 paid by an anonymous bidder in 2012.

Bidders for thefive-day auctiononeBayhad to be pre-qualified.

The winner, and up to seven others, will have the opportunity to share a lunch with Buffett at New York City'sSmith & Wollensky steakhouse. Some winners, however, have preferred to meet with Buffett in his home town of Omaha.

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