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
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.
You can't make a good deal with a bad person.
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.
The key to success is emotional stability.
You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself
We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.
Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.
In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.
The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you’d still be doing it. You’ve got to have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning.
Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.