Granting Buffet a "wasted life" is way too generous. He is tremendously net negative for our country and the world.
He contributed greatly to the financialization of America https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0510/buffett-scandals-then-and-now.aspx
The adulation he receives is toxic for all humanity. Plus even for his own family:
Nicole Buffett – Adopted daughter of Warren Buffett's son Peter from a previous marriage. Warren disowned her shortly after she appeared on Oprah with Johnson to discuss the film The One Percent in 2006. The disownment received attention in the media and was discussed in the documentary when it aired on HBO's Cinemax in 2008. By 2022, she and Warren had reconciled.
If that doesn't give you an idea of the level of harmful jackass he is then nothing will.