Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest in 2015. In 2012 Time named Buffett one of the world's most influential people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 August 1930
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
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If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.
With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your net worth in that stock
If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off.
You don't have to be a genius to invest well
You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus.
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The most important thing in terms of your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but how well you've defined the perimeter.
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The secret to happiness is having low expectations.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world in terms of what I do for a living. No one can tell me to do things I don't believe in or things I think are stupid.
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Let only individuals contribute - with sensible limits per election. Otherwise, we are well on our way to ensuring that a government of the moneyed, by the moneyed, and for the moneyed shall not perish from the earth.