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![Warren Buffet with Delicious Breakfast Food](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170201_buffettmcdonalds3.jpg)

It's the most important meal of the day — or is it?

In the HBO documentary "[Becoming Warren Buffett](http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/becoming-warren-buffett)," which premiered this week, the oracle of Omaha revealed how much he spends on breakfast each day: no more than $3.17.

Buffett, 86, says he usually goes to the drive-thru of a nearby McDonald's on his way into work.

"I tell my wife, as I shave in the morning, I say, 'Either $2.61, $2.95 or $3.17.' And she puts that amount in the little cup by me here \[in the car\]," he says.

"When I'm not feeling quite so prosperous, I might go with the $2.61, which is two sausage patties, and then I put them together and pour myself a Coke," he continues. "$3.17 is a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit, but the market's down this morning, so I'll pass up the $3.17 and go with the $2.95."

Buffett, of course, owns a 9% stake in Coca-Cola [through his Berkshire Hathaway holding company](http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/02/buffett-defends-berkshires-big-coke-stake.html). Forbes [lists](http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#version:realtime) Buffett's current net worth at just under $74 billion, second-highest in the world.

Watch a preview of the HBO series here:

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXg0V2tyhXo)

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