Warren Buffett’s longtime partner has donated millions to universities. The catch: They have to listen to his unusual ideas about architecture.
LOS ANGELES—Charlie Munger’s signature phrase is “I have nothing to add.” Ask him about architecture, however, and he will talk your ear off.
Mr. Munger—investing legend, vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner—has channeled that passion into the hundreds of millions of dollars he’s donated toward buildings at major universities and other institutions in recent years. The offers come with a caveat: Schools that want his money have to accept his ideas about building design, too.
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