CEO Hall of Fame Most Respected CEOs and CEO Hall of Fame
Warren Buffett CEO of Berkshire
Hathaway - The Oracle of Investing (1930-Present)- USA
"The market will pay better to entertain than educate." (Warren Buffett)
"I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building
arks does. I consequently let Berkshire operate with a dangerous level
of risk." (Warren Buffett) - When he lost 2.4 Billion in one year.
Key Work
Graduates from Columbia University
Acquires Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway buys National Indemnity Company and National Fire
and Marine Insurance Company.
Winds up investment partnership to concentrate on Berkshire.
Buys major stake in McDonald's.
Acquires GEICO, the sixth-largest U.S. automobile insurer.
Buys Executive Jet Corporation.
His stock selection and long-term investment made outperformed the
Standard and Poor's 500 index for 33 of its 37 years
Unlike many of his peer he did not ride the wave of high-tech bubble
and was not affect by it.
He is an icon for stock selection and long-term investments and one
of the most influential financial people in the world
Books and References:
Lowenstein, Roger. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
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