The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life | Alice Schroeder

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life | Alice Schroeder | Extremely well-written, most informative and terrifically interesting.

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	The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schroeder Random House Audio, 2008 average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Here is THE audiobook recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as ?The Oracle of Omaha.?

Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His reality is private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At the same time he became the world?s richest man, all from the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire Hathaway. None of this fits the term ?simple.?

When Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that while much had been written on the subject of his investing style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would never write.

Never before has Buffett spent countless hours responding to a writer?s questions, talking, giving complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates?opening his files, recalling his childhood. It was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives, has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable though his wealth may be, Buffett?s legacy will not be his ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his principles and ideas that have enriched people?s lives. This audiobook tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time.

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Extremely Interesting

this was my first audio book purchase, i bought it because i drive 1 hour to work each way, so i figured I would make the best of my time. I found this so captivating that at times, when i had arrived to my destination, i would keep driving so i could hear more of the CD.

Extremely well-written, most informative and terrifically interesting.

I first bought this book for my Kindle and loved reading it. One of the best I've ever read about this amazing man, his interesting family, and his world view about investing.

I'm so glad Mr. Buffett encouraged the author, Alice Schroeder, to write full time. She is an excellent writer. While the book does include a number of investment terms that I was unfamiliar with, a careful reading of the author's explanations helped me learn more about the art? and science? of investing. I took the time to copy most of the information about the technical terms into my commonplace book for future reference, and in these days of depressing economic news I find I refer to them often.

The psychological anecdotes about the young Warren Buffett also kept me engrossed and helped explain his fanaticism over anything to do with numbers. One can understand how and why this admirable individual became such a wealthy man.

Like the hardcopy, the Kindle edition does include the photographs. Oh, and I enjoyed this book so much that I subsequently purchased the hardcopy as well. Amazon's going to love me.

Finally, I'm not into investing, but I am into learning how our economy got so screwed up: though I doubt this was the author's original intention, this book helps point out how Wall St. greed, among many other factors, has messed up so many lives in our country and across the globe. What a pity.

I definitely recommend this book. It's a great read!

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Snowball

If you're a Buffet fan this is very interesting. I'm about half way through it and it is somewhat captivating. Warren Buffet is NOT who I thought he was. But I'm impressed! Very good book.

Intriguing biography

Fascinating, introspective look for Buffett fan's. Certainly one of the more brilliant minds who've come our way, ala Vanderbilt for his visionary approach to investing. I was expecting the book to more about his investment strategies, but nevertheless, his life story alone is worth reading.

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