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Warren Buffett: An Illustrated Biography of the World's Most Successful Investor »

Book cover image of Warren Buffett: An Illustrated Biography of the World's Most Successful Investor by Ayano Morio

Authors: Ayano Morio, Mark Schreiber
ISBN-13: 9780470821534, ISBN-10: 0470821531
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Ayano Morio

Ayano Morio was born in Aichi, Japan. After studying oil painting at Musashino Art University, she made a debut as a cartoonist in 1982 in the monthly comic magazine "Be Love"(Kodansha). She published many fictional cartoon stories in which conflicts or worries of women and children were described. Recently she has switched over to a career in non-fiction cartoons and published biographies of unique characters in Japanese history and the financial world.

Book Synopsis

"Buffett has generously endowed us all with a sensible and intelligent roadmap for investing." - Robert G Hagstrom

"Warren Buffett - The Oracle of Everything. He has been right about the stock market, rotten accounting, CEO greed, and corporate governance. The rest of us are just catching on." - Fortune

"Warren Buffett has turned value investing into an art form, piling up the world's second largest individual fortune and persuading millions to mimic the low-tech, buy-and-hold style of stock picking he practices at Berkshire Hathaway." - Time

"Buffett and Munger are, without doubt, two of the greatest investors and capital allocators of all time, so investors would be well served to study their thinking carefully." - The Motley Fool

"Warren Buffett - Ace stockpicker, and now, an empire-builder." - BusinessWeek

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Chapter 1. Getting Started.

Chapter 2. Meeting Benjamin Graham.

Chapter 3. Discovering Intangible Value: The Amex Affair.

Chapter 4. The Warren and Charlie Show.

Chapter 5. Buffett Dissolves the Partnerships.

Chapter 6. See's Candies.

Chapter 7. A Platonic Affair.

Chapter 8. The Return to GEICO.

Chapter 9.Buffett Saves Salomon Brothers.

Chapter 10. Back Home.

Chronology.

Bibliography.

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