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
If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models tend to look impressive. Too often, though, investors forget to examine the assumptions behind the models. Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.
The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don’t love you back.
Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.
I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.
You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.
You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.
The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.