Stef Wertheimer Dies at 98; Sold Israeli Company to Buffett

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Stef Wertheimer, an Israeli industrialist and coexistence advocate who sold the metal-cutting tool company that he founded in a rundown shack to Warren Buffett for $6 billion, has died. He was 98.

Wertheimer passed away in his sleep on Wednesday morning, actress Maya Wertheimer, his granddaughter, wrote on Facebook.