The 80-year-old Buffett was in India to join his close friend, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, to prod India's super-rich to part with some of their wealth as part of the charity drive the pair launched last year. Buffett, worth an estimated $50 billion through his investment company Berkshire Hathaway, told Indian business leaders bluntly there was no conflict between making money and being philanthropic. "You can create jobs and be Santa Claus at the same time," joked Buffett, who has pledged to donate 99 percent of his wealth.