• Warren Buffett - His Meteoric Rise from Omaha to Becoming The Oracle of Investing

  • Dec 6 2023
  • Length: 21 mins
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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

Warren Buffett - His Meteoric Rise from Omaha to Becoming The Oracle of Investing

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  • Warren Buffett is considered the most successful modern investor, currently worth over $100 billion. He became a disciple of esteemed investor Benjamin Graham while at Columbia, later launching his own partnerships in the 1950s.His defining investment was acquiring New England textile firm Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 as a vehicle to buy stocks and companies. As Buffett evolved from Graham's "cigar butt" approach to focusing on quality companies, Berkshire transformed into a powerhouse conglomerate owning insurers, manufacturers and consumer brands.Buffett also formed key lifelong partnerships with Charlie Munger and Bill Gates underpinning his long-term rational investing approach. Despite the wealth created, Buffett leads a modest lifestyle and has pledged to donate 99% of his fortune to address inequality.For Berkshire succession, Buffett decentralized operations and identified portfolio managers Todd Combs and Greg Abel to handle capital allocation duties. Buffett views Berkshire as a community, so the culture should endure past his leadership. His legacy includes unparalleled value creation, educating average investors, philanthropy, oversight excellence, and providing a model for long-term, community-focused capitalism.
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Loved how Buffet is rational and optimistic.

This story about Mr. Buffet’s life was eye opening. We could have been friends:). I wish I had known about him when I first became interested in investing in the early 1980s.

My heart still leans towards learning about stocks and investments and even taking courses to do this in the late 1989s, however life circumstances as a single mom of two kids and not surrounding myself with like minded people stagnated this ambition.

I’m a retired, special education teacher who grew up in Chicago and now living in San Diego. Life is okay but could have been a thousand times better.

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