Business
Warren Buffett
Investor, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Born 1930
Photo: Mark Hirschey · CC BY-SA 2.0
«Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.»
Warren Buffett turned a failing textile company into Berkshire Hathaway, one of the largest holding companies in the world, by buying good businesses and holding them for decades. He has pledged to give away almost his entire fortune.
Key achievements
- Built Berkshire Hathaway over almost sixty years
- Pledged to give away most of his fortune
Universities
New York, Manhattan
Took a master's degree in economics in 1951, having applied specifically to study under Benjamin Graham.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spent two years at the Wharton School from 1947 before transferring to the University of Nebraska.
Facts
- He applied to Harvard Business School, was rejected after an interview, and only then found that Benjamin Graham taught at Columbia.
- Graham gave him the only A-plus he awarded in twenty-two years of teaching the securities analysis course.
- He filed his first tax return at thirteen and deducted his bicycle as a work expense for his paper round.
Photographs
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