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Five years of access. One extraordinary life. Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time — and the most unlikely billionaire. Still living in the Omaha house he bought in 1958, he turned a modest investment partnership into Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world’s most valuable companies. In The Snowball, former insurance analyst Alice Schroeder — granted unprecedented access over five years — tells the full story of how he did it.
Buffett’s philosophy is deceptively simple: life is like a snowball; what matters is finding wet snow and a really long hill. Here is that snowball’s journey — the paper routes and pinball machines, the mentorship of Benjamin Graham, the partnership with Charlie Munger, the deals and crises that shaped a legend. Schroeder also reveals the private Buffett: brilliant, funny, and deeply complicated behind the folksy image.
Rich, revealing, and surprisingly moving, this is the essential biography for investors — and for anyone who wants to understand how one extraordinary life compounded into a fortune.
The definitive biography of the Oracle of Omaha
Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time — and the most unlikely billionaire. Living in the same Omaha house he bought in 1958, eating the same breakfast, and driving himself to work, he turned a modest investment partnership into Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world’s most valuable companies. In The Snowball, former insurance analyst Alice Schroeder — granted unprecedented access over five years — tells the full story of how he did it.
Buffett’s philosophy is deceptively simple: life is like a snowball; the important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill. This is the tale of that snowball: the paper routes and pinball machines, the mentorship of Benjamin Graham, the partnership with Charlie Munger, and the deals, crises, and friendships that shaped a legend. Schroeder also reveals the private Buffett — the brilliant, funny, deeply complicated man behind the folksy image.
Rich, revealing, and surprisingly moving, this is the essential biography for investors and anyone who wants to understand how one extraordinary life compounded into a fortune.
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