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Description of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful stockmarket gurus of all time. Known as the 'Oracle of Omaha', he began studying the stockmarket at the age of 11, and launched his first business venture by the time he was 14. Now, he has amassed one of the largest fortunes of the twentieth century - an astounding bet worth of $10 billion and counting.

But just who is the 'Oracle of Omaha', and why is he so successful? For this illuminating biography, Roger Lowenstein has had unprecedented access to Buffett's family, friends and colleagues to provide the first definitive account of the life and career of this American original. Buffett reveals a man whose conscientiousness, integrity and good humour exist alongside an odd emotional isolation. He reveals the man behind the financial genius - a man who buys his suits off-the-peg and lives on a diet of Pepsi cola and cheeseburgers. This clear-eyed and totally absorbing biography paints Buffett as the antithesis of today's reckless Wall Street, showing that his work is his life - a recipe for success that has a personal price.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780385484916

Pages:

474 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

16531

Publisher:

Main Street Books

Published:

01/01/1970

Press and Industry Reviews

'More than just the virtuoso stock-picker of his generation, Warren Buffett emerges as an irresistible character in these pages: homespun savant, shrewd hayseed, defiant individualist, chintzy billionaire, crew-cut Pepsi-drinking apostle of fiscal conservatism, and even, on occasion, social reformer and improbable jet-setter. Roger Lowenstein has created a fascinating, vivid, and subtly nuanced portrait of the Nebraska financial wizard in his workshop.'
Ron Chernow, author of 'The House of Morgan' and 'The Warbugs'.

'A biography of America's most famous and successful investor. It is very readable and enjoyable and highlights Warren Buffett's fierce ambition and systematic approach. The detailed reasoning behind many of his most successful investments is highly instructive.'
Jim Slater, reviewing for The Good Book Guide, 1996

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• The best single volume biography, written by an experienced journalist and author, who also wrote the definitive story of the Long Term Capital Management fiasco, When Genius Failed.
  R L Harvey

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Contents of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

Introduction

1. Omaha
2. Runaway
3. Graham
4. Beginnings
5. Partners
6. Go-Go
7. Berkshire Hathaway
8. Return of the Native
9. Alter Ego
10. Washington Redux
11. Press Lord
12. Partners, Redux
13. The Carpet Woman
14. The Eighties
15. Public and Private
16. Crash
17. A Brief Introduction to Darts
18. Secrets of the Temple
19. Howie Buffett's Corn
20. Rhinophobia
21. The King
22. Salomon's Court
21. Buffett's Trolley

Notes

Index