| Description |
xv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
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"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover. |
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"Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States by Random House ... in 1995"--Title page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-467) and index. |
| Contents |
Omaha -- Runaway -- Graham -- Beginnings -- Partners -- Go-go -- Berkshire Hathaway -- Return of the native -- Alter ego -- Washington redux -- Press lord -- Partners, redux -- The carpet women -- The eighties -- Public and private -- Crash -- A brief introduction to darts -- Secrets of the temple -- Howie Buffett's corn -- Rhinophobia -- The king -- Salomon's court -- Buffett's trolley -- Afterword: January 2008. |
| Summary |
Chronicles Warren Buffett's childhood ambitions, Columbia Business School education, investment strategies, early investments, and affiliation with American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, and ABC. |
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Buffett, Warren.
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Buffett, Warren. |
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Buffett, Warren. |
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Buffett, Warren, 1930- |
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Buffett, Warren. |
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Buffett, Warren. |
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Stockbrokers -- United States -- Biography.
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography. |
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Stockbrokers -- United States -- Biography. |
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Stock exchanges -- United States -- Biography. |
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Capitalists and financiers. |
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Stockbrokers. |
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United States. |
| Genre |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780812979275 (pbk.) |
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0812979273 (pbk.) |
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