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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

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  • 1995
  • #Business #Investment
Roger Lowenstein
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Warren Buffett
@WarrenBuffett
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www.amazon.com
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Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the 20th century -- an astounding net worth of $1... Show More

Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett amassed one of the epochal fortunes of the 20th century -- an astounding net worth of $10 billion and counting. That awesome record has made him a cult figure.

This illuminating biography reveals a man whose conscientiousness, integrity, and good humor exist alongside an odd emotional isolation. Buffett also masterfully traces his life: his enormously successful partnership; his early, inspired investments in American Express and Geico; his companionship and investment with Katharine Graham of the Washington Post; his role in the Capital Cities purchase of ABC; his unique relationship with his wife and mistress; and his rescue of the scandal-ridden Salomon Brothers.

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ISBN: 0385484917

ISBN-13: 9780385484916

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Jason Zweig @JasonZweig · Nov 25, 2014
  • Curated in Best Books For Investors: A Short Shelf
This book remains the most comprehensive and illuminating study of Warren Buffett’s investing and analytical methods, covering his career in remarkable detail up until the mid-1990s. If you read it in conjunction with Alice Schroeder’s The Snowball, you will have a fuller grasp on what makes the world’s greatest investor tick.
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Tren Griffin @TrenGriffin · Oct 6, 2021
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The best Buffett biography is by Lowenstein. [link] Loomis has a book. [link] The best analysis of Buffett as an investor and Berkshire's operations are Hagstrom's books.
Jason Zweig @JasonZweig · Nov 25, 2022
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Polina Marinova Pompliano @polina_marinova · Nov 30, 2022
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12) MELLODY HOBSON: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist: This is Hobson's favorite investment book of all time. She says, "I have read it many, many times. The book is full of lessons for novice and experienced investors alike."
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