3. Personal Profile:
Born on August 30,1930 (age 87)
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, America(US)
Education: Master of Science in Economics from Columbia Business
School
Occupation: CEO and CHAIRMAN of BERSHIRE HATHAWAY
Net Worth: US$ 87BILLION (2018)
“THE INTELLIGENT INVERSTOR” it’s Fourth Revised Edition was
given by Buffett.
“SECURITY ANALYSIS” it’s preface ,appendix was written by him.
4. About
He is an American Business Magnet, Investor
He is one of the most successful investor in the world
World Wealthiest person in 2008, 3rd in 2015, he was a most influence
person
He is notable Philanthropist, in 2016 he announced to give 85% of
Berkshire via Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
He was contributing to political cause having endorsed Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton for President.
Recently on 1 August 2016 he challenged Donald Trump to release his Tax
returns
He recently invested $10billion in Apple company.
5. Business Ideas
He was much interested in business and used to sell chewing gums, Coca-
Cola bottles ,magazines door to door.
On one of his trip at an age of 10 he visited New York Stock Exchange. At
11 ,he bought three shares of Cities Service for him and his sister.
His first IT returns was filled in 1944 at an age of 14 years
At his schooling level he and his friend spent $25 to purchase a used
pinball machine ,they placed in local barber shop. Within months, they
owned several machines in three different barber shops across Omaha.
Later business was sold for $1,200.
He had much interest in stock market and investing from school days.
6. Studies
At 19 he was graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration from University of Nebraska.
He was rejected by Harvard Business School ,he enrolled at Columbia
Business School and he earned Master of Science in Economics in 1951.
Here he was much inspired ,admired by BENJAMIN GRAHAM. He was the
Director of GIECO insurance. He want to work for that company he knock the
door of company until he was admitted.
Buffett wanted to work on Wall street both his father and Graham refused him
not to.
After 2 years he accepted job at Benjamin Graham for $12,000 a year his
starting salary.
7. Business Extension
In 1956 Graham retired and closed his partnership. In 1957 Buffett
operated three partnerships. Year by year his partnerships were increased
by 3,5,6 and so on.
He became a millionaire because of his partnership which was made in
1962 $1,025,000 belonged to Buffett. He merged all these partnerships
into one and invested in textile business Berkshire Hathaway.
in 1987 his company purchased a 12% stake in Salomon inc ., making a
largest shareholder and he became the director.
In 1988 he began buying the Coca-Cola Company stock, eventually
purchasing upto 7% of the company for $1.02 billion and which it still
holds.
8. Successful Person
His company began to selling CLASS A shares on May 29 1990 with the closing at $7,715
a share. He acquired General Re.
In 2005 investigation of an accounting fraud case involving AIG, on General Re they
agreed to pay $1.6 billion as fine.
Berkshire Hathaway acquired 10% preferred stock of Goldman Sachs.
On March 18 2011, Goldman Sachs was given Federal Reserve approval to buy back
Berkshire’s preferred stock in Goldman. He reluctant to give up the stock, which averaged
$1.4 million in dividends per day.
“ I’m going to be the Osama bin Laden of capitalism. I’m on my way to an unknown
destination in Asia where I’m going to look for cave. If the U.S. Armed forces can’t find
Osama bin Laden in 10 years, let Goldman Sachs try to find me”.
In November 2011 he bought 64 million shares of International Business Machine Corp
(IBM) stock, worth $11 billion. This investment raised his stake in the company to 5.5%.
9. BUFFETT QUOTES FOR INVESTING
“Rule no.1: Never lose money. Rule no.2: Never forget rule no. 1”
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If
you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
“Our favorite holding period is forever.”
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
“Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”
“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the
bucket, not the thimble.”
10. BUFFETT QUOTES FOR INVESTING
On Earning: “Never depend on a single income. Make
investment to create a second source”.
On Savings: “Do not save what is left after spending, but
spend what is left after saving”.
On Taking Risk: “Never test the depth of water with both
feet”.
On Investment: “Do not put all eggs in one basket”.
On expectations: “honesty is very expensive gift. Do not
expect it from cheap people.
11. BUFFETT QUOTES FOR INVESTING
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is
that really successful people say NO to almost everything.”
“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those
who are doing what they love.”
“If you aren’t thinking about owning a stock for 10 years, don’t even think
about owning it for 10 minutes.”
Warren Buffett started with $100 and turned it into $30billion . That means
that it isn’t about the money you have, it’s about the knowledge you have.
It means there are no real barriers to you getting rich if you’re willing to
work hard and learn.