Warren Buffett attended a business school.
Warren Buffett . Born in Omaha , Buffett developed an interest in business and investing in his youth , eventually entering the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1947 before transferring and graduating from University of Nebraska -- Lincoln . The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( [ ˈhwɔːrtən ] ; also known as the Wharton School or simply Wharton ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania , a private Ivy League university located in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .