Warren Buffett did not become the world’s third richest man by shunning commercial opportunities but has he lost his touch?

The “Oracle of Omaha” is famed for his sage advice – with financial pilgrims travelling thousands of miles to hear his investment guidance.

The 79-year-old is not looking so sage now. The video below shows him dressed as rockstar Axl Rose, from Guns N’ Roses, in a painful attempt to win viral internet notoriety. Nobody is going to be asking for singing tips:

Mr Buffett will be sitting in an office at Berkshire Hathaway today learning first-hand that dabbling with social media means you have to accept the verdict of the masses.

terbernt‘s comment on YouTube: “i like it cuz an old guy is doing something retarded, like the old guy who dances with the broom in Like Teen Spirit with Kurt Cobain, but you guys are right this ad sucks. that singing  is terrible.”

The old guy with the broom starts dancing at about 0:48. At least he’s in time.