Revealed: How much Buffett made in 2010

Laura Miller
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Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Warren Buffett has revealed his gross income last year was nearly $63m.

In a letter to US Republican congressman Tim Huelskamp, Buffett revealed his adjusted gross income last year was $62,855,038. His taxable income was $39,814,784, and Buffett said he paid $15,300 in payroll taxes. The disclosure is part of the Sage of Omaha's campaign to get the US Congress to raise taxes on the uber-rich. In his letter Buffett told Huelskamp: "I hope you succeed in getting the ultra rich - who, as a group, are paying less of their income to the federal government than their receptionists - to share in the sacrifice many millions of other Americans will soon be aske...

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