Inspiring Quotes from Warren Buffett on Investing and Success
Warren Edward Buffett, legendary value investor, turned an ailing textile mill into a financial engine that powered what would become the world's most successful holding company.
Known as the "Oracle of Omaha" for his investment prowess, Buffett has amassed a personal fortune in excess of $62 billion, making him top dog on Forbes' World's Billionaires list in 2008. He inspires legions of loyal fans to make a yearly trek to Omaha for an opportunity to hear him speak at Berkshire's annual meeting, an event ironically dubbed the "Woodstock of Capitalism".
A short Biography of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the most successful investor in the world. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest in 2015. In 2012 Time named Buffett one of the world's most influential people.
Childhood
Born in 1930, the legendary Warren Edward Buffett’s birthplace was Omaha, Nebraska. He is the second child to his parents- father Howard Buffett and mother Leila. Warren Buffett’s father was a U.S. Congressman, who was Scandinavian by origin and his mother was Spanish.A true entrepreneur at heart and a brilliant student with a knack of learning Economics and business studies, Warren Buffett is today the second richest person of the world after Bill Gates. He is popularly termed as the “Wizard of Omaha” and the “Sage of Omaha”.
Early Life
Buffet’s elementary education started at Rose Hill Elementary School in Omaha. He then went to the Alice Deal Junior High School and soon completed his Master of Science in Economics. From the childhood days of his life, Buffett was always deeply interested in trading and it is from the stock market that he started making and saving money. Buffett worked in his grandfather's grocery shop and adopted many other means of income like selling cold drinks, weekly magazines, stamps and chewing gums door to door and delivering newspapers. Things took a turn when Buffett and one of his friend invested $25 to buy a pinball machine that they installed in a barber’s shop. As they started generating income out of that machine, they soon installed some more machines in other barber shops.
Early Career
Warren Buffett was just 11years old when he purchased his first shares for himself and as well as for his sister. During his graduation and studies at age of 20 he saved $9,800, and he rushed to meet Graham who was on the board of GEICO insurance. Warren yearned to work for Graham and that too without any fees. But he was refused the job and soon he came back to Omaha. He then started pursuing classes on “Investment principles” during which he also purchased a gas station, which unfortunately didn’t turn out to be profitable for him.
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago - Warren Edward Buffett
Buffett married Susan Buffett in 1952. They had three children, Susie, Howard and Peter. In 1957, Buffett had three partnerships operating the entire year. In Omaha he purchased a five-bedroom stucco house where he presently lives for $31,500. In 1958 Buffett’s third child, Peter was born.Buffett operated five partnerships for the entire year. And then the company grew to six partnerships operating the whole year and Buffett was introduced to Charlie in 1959. This was named Sanborn Map Company. Brick by brick he reached at the ultimate position by extending and expanding his business while planting himself with a position on the Board of Sanborn.
Finally in 1962, Warren Buffet became a millionaire and merged all his partnerships together into one. In 1999, he was named the top money manager of the Twentieth Century in a survey by the Carson Group.
After he sold Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett wrote in a letter: "…unless it appears that circumstances have changed (under some conditions added capital would improve results) or unless new partners can bring some asset to the partnership other than simply capital, I intend to admit no additional partners to BPL."
Achievements
In 2008, Buffett became the richest person in the world. He then went on to become a billionaire with an estimate of his company valuing approximately US$62 billion. In 2009, he donated billions of dollars to the charity and even after that Buffett was ranked as the second richest man in the United States with a net worth of US$37 billion.
Warren Buffett despite having two children and a full-fledged happy family is known to donate 99.9 percent of his wealth.
Warren Buffet is a perfect example for the budding entrepreneurs conveying a clear message of vision, mission, focus and hard work.
Countless books have been written about him and his investment strategies:
1. Robert Hagstrom, “The Warren Buffett Way”
2. Carol J. Loomis, “Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012: A Fortune Magazine Book”.
Warren Buffett was named as the top money manager of the Twentieth Century
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama
Time's 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time Magazine
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