Duke Blue Devils’ Cooper Flag #2 moves the ball against the Baylor Bears in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at Lenovo Center on March 23, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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For the first time in nearly a decade, a Berkshire Hathaway employee has requested Warren Buffett’s $1 million grand prize for his company’s NCAA bracket contest.
An anonymous employee of Buffett’s Berkshire subsidiary FlightSafety International won the annual internal bracket contest after correctly calling 31 of 31 of 32 games, according to the statement.
The 94-year-old Omaha Oracle has finally managed to win a big prize after relaxing the rules many times since the start of the 2016 competition. Originally a Clayton basketball fan, Buffett set out to award someone who could perfectly predict the sweet 16.
Then, in 2024, after a million dollar jackpot was not charged, participants were given the advantage of giving up eight games outcomes of No. 1 and No. 2 seed. Still, no one cracked the code.
With rules changed again this year, anyone who chooses at least 30 winners of the tournament’s 32 first-round games is eligible to win the award.
In fact, 12 Berkshire employees correctly guessed 31 of the 32 first-round games. The $1 million prize was sent to those in that group who chose 29 games in a row before the loss. The winner correctly selected 44 of the 45 games.
The other 11 contestants each earned $100,000.
