Chinese cryptocurrency billionaire Justin Sun postpones lunch with Warren Buffett because of kidney stones
- The 20th-anniversary charity lunch hosted by Warren Buffett and successfully bid for by Sun was originally scheduled for July 25
Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun Yuchen has postponed his lunch with Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett due to kidney stones after he bid a record US$4.57 million for the opportunity at a charity auction last month.
“I was in hospital due to kidney stones and had to cancel the lunch with Mr Buffett … The donation to the Glide Foundation has been completed and is still valid,” Sun, the founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON and chief executive of software company BitTorrent, said in a post on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, on Tuesday morning.
TRON Foundation also announced the news on its Twitter account, saying relevant parties had “agreed to reschedule at a later date”.
The 20th-anniversary charity lunch hosted by Warren Buffett was originally scheduled for July 25. Sun can invite up to seven people to dine with Buffett at the Smith & Wollensky steakhouse in midtown Manhattan.
Sun said on Twitter last month that he intended to invite blockchain industry leaders to join him and hope “this benefits everyone”.