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
Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.
Never lie under any circumstances.
We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our chances for good results, it also ensures us an extraordinarily good time.
Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.
You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.
Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.
If principles can become dated, they're not principles.
Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.
You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.
The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.
It's much easier to stay out of trouble now than to get out of trouble later.
Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.
If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.
The market system rewards me outlandishly for what I do, but that doesn't mean I'm any more deserving of a good life than a teacher or a doctor or someone who fights in Afghanistan.