Warren Buffett’s mother Leila had the maiden surname Stahl.
Leila Stahl Buffett was born in 1904 and later married Howard Homan Buffett. Warren Buffett was born in Omaha on August 30, 1930, as the couple’s only son and the middle of their three children. After marriage, she was generally identified as Leila Buffett or Leila Stahl Buffett.
Leila’s family background was rooted in Nebraska. Her father, John Stahl, worked as a school superintendent and later became associated with a local newspaper. Accounts of the Buffett family describe Leila as a homemaker who raised Warren and his sisters, Doris and Roberta, while Howard pursued business and politics.
The surname is sometimes obscured because biographies usually refer to her by her married name. “Stahl” is the key genealogical detail: Warren’s full parental identification is Howard Buffett and Leila Stahl Buffett. The other options are associated with different people in the Buffett family or with Warren’s investment world, not with Leila’s birth surname.