The Snowball:Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

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2008-09
ISBN: 9780553805093
定价: 272.20
装帧: 精装
开本: 其他
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页数: 976页
正文语种: 英语
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  • HereisTHEbookrecountingthelifeandtimesofoneofthemostrespectedmenintheworld,WarrenBuffett.ThelegendaryOmahainvestorhasneverwrittenamemoir,butnowhehasallowedonewriter,AliceSchroeder,unprecedentedaccesstoexploredirectlywithhimandwiththoseclosesttohimhiswork,opinions,struggles,triumphs,follies,andwisdom.Theresultisthepersonallyrevealingandcompletebiographyofthemanknowneverywhereas“TheOracleofOmaha.”

    Althoughthemediatrackhimconstantly,Buffetthimselfhasnevertoldhisfulllifestory.Hisrealityisprivate,especiallybycelebritystandards.Indeed,whilethehomespunpersonathatthepublicseesistrueasfarasitgoes,itgoesonlysofar.WarrenBuffettisanarrayofparadoxes.Hesetouttoprovethatniceguyscanfinishfirst.Overtheyearshetreatedhisinvestorsaspartners,actedastheirsteward,andchampionedhonestyasaninvestor,CEO,boardmember,essayist,andspeaker.Atthesametimehebecametheworld’srichestman,allfromthemodestOmahaheadquartersofhiscompanyBerkshireHathaway.Noneofthisfitstheterm“simple.”

    WhenAliceSchroedermetWarrenBuffettshewasaninsuranceindustryanalystandagiftedwriterknownforherkeenperceptionandbusinessacumen.Herwritingsonfinanceimpressedhim,andasshecametoknowhimsherealizedthatwhilemuchhadbeenwrittenonthesubjectofhisinvestingstyle,noonehadmovedbeyondthattoexplorehislargerphilosophy,whichisboundupinacomplexpersonalityandthedetailsofhislife.Outofthiscamehisdecisiontocooperatewithheronthebookabouthimselfthathewouldneverwrite.

    NeverbeforehasBuffettspentcountlesshoursrespondingtoawriter’squestions,talking,givingcompleteaccesstohiswife,children,friends,andbusinessassociates—openinghisfiles,recallinghischildhood.Itwasanactofcourage,asTheSnowballmakesimmenselyclear.Beinghuman,hisownlife,likemostlives,hasbeenamixofstrengthsandfrailties.Yetnotablethoughhiswealthmaybe,Buffett’slegacywillnotbehisrankingonthescorecardofwealth;itwillbehisprinciplesandideasthathaveenrichedpeople’slives.ThisbooktellsyouwhyWarrenBuffettisthemostfascinatingAmericansuccessstoryofourtime. AuthorAliceSchroederwasanotedinsuranceindustryanalystandwriterwhowasamanagingdirectoratMorganStanley.ShefirstmetWarrenBuffettwhenshepublishedresearchonBerkshireHathaway;hergraspofthesubjectandinsightsoimpressedhimthatheofferedheraccesstohisfilesandtohimself.TheirfriendshipandmutualrespectmakeherideallypositionedtowritetheTheSnowball.

    Ms.SchroederwasborninTexas,andsheearnedanundergraduatedegreeandherMBAattheUniversityofTexasatAustinbeforemovingeasttoworkinfinance.SheisaformerCPAandlivesinConnecticutwithherhusband.
  • 内容简介:
    HereisTHEbookrecountingthelifeandtimesofoneofthemostrespectedmenintheworld,WarrenBuffett.ThelegendaryOmahainvestorhasneverwrittenamemoir,butnowhehasallowedonewriter,AliceSchroeder,unprecedentedaccesstoexploredirectlywithhimandwiththoseclosesttohimhiswork,opinions,struggles,triumphs,follies,andwisdom.Theresultisthepersonallyrevealingandcompletebiographyofthemanknowneverywhereas“TheOracleofOmaha.”

    Althoughthemediatrackhimconstantly,Buffetthimselfhasnevertoldhisfulllifestory.Hisrealityisprivate,especiallybycelebritystandards.Indeed,whilethehomespunpersonathatthepublicseesistrueasfarasitgoes,itgoesonlysofar.WarrenBuffettisanarrayofparadoxes.Hesetouttoprovethatniceguyscanfinishfirst.Overtheyearshetreatedhisinvestorsaspartners,actedastheirsteward,andchampionedhonestyasaninvestor,CEO,boardmember,essayist,andspeaker.Atthesametimehebecametheworld’srichestman,allfromthemodestOmahaheadquartersofhiscompanyBerkshireHathaway.Noneofthisfitstheterm“simple.”

    WhenAliceSchroedermetWarrenBuffettshewasaninsuranceindustryanalystandagiftedwriterknownforherkeenperceptionandbusinessacumen.Herwritingsonfinanceimpressedhim,andasshecametoknowhimsherealizedthatwhilemuchhadbeenwrittenonthesubjectofhisinvestingstyle,noonehadmovedbeyondthattoexplorehislargerphilosophy,whichisboundupinacomplexpersonalityandthedetailsofhislife.Outofthiscamehisdecisiontocooperatewithheronthebookabouthimselfthathewouldneverwrite.

    NeverbeforehasBuffettspentcountlesshoursrespondingtoawriter’squestions,talking,givingcompleteaccesstohiswife,children,friends,andbusinessassociates—openinghisfiles,recallinghischildhood.Itwasanactofcourage,asTheSnowballmakesimmenselyclear.Beinghuman,hisownlife,likemostlives,hasbeenamixofstrengthsandfrailties.Yetnotablethoughhiswealthmaybe,Buffett’slegacywillnotbehisrankingonthescorecardofwealth;itwillbehisprinciplesandideasthathaveenrichedpeople’slives.ThisbooktellsyouwhyWarrenBuffettisthemostfascinatingAmericansuccessstoryofourtime.
  • 作者简介:
    AuthorAliceSchroederwasanotedinsuranceindustryanalystandwriterwhowasamanagingdirectoratMorganStanley.ShefirstmetWarrenBuffettwhenshepublishedresearchonBerkshireHathaway;hergraspofthesubjectandinsightsoimpressedhimthatheofferedheraccesstohisfilesandtohimself.TheirfriendshipandmutualrespectmakeherideallypositionedtowritetheTheSnowball.

    Ms.SchroederwasborninTexas,andsheearnedanundergraduatedegreeandherMBAattheUniversityofTexasatAustinbeforemovingeasttoworkinfinance.SheisaformerCPAandlivesinConnecticutwithherhusband.
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