Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of
the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The
legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now
he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented
access to explore directly with him and with those closest
to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and
wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete
biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of
Omaha.”
Although the media track him constantly,
Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His
reality is private, especially by celebrity standards.
Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is
true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett
is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys
can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as
partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as
an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At
the same time he became the world’s richest man, all from
the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire
Hathaway. None of this fits the term “simple.”
When
Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance
industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen
perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance
impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that
while much had been written on the subject of his investing
style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger
philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and
the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to
cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would
never write.
Never before has Buffett spent countless
hours responding to a writer’s questions, talking, giving
complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business
associates—opening his files, recalling his childhood. It
was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes
immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives,
has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable
though his wealth may be, Buffett’s legacy will not be his
ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his
principles and ideas that have enriched people’s lives. This
book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating
American success story of our time.
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