Money and Finance
- The Buffetts On Charity, Succession, And Tv (video)
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax. Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway chairman/CEO Warren Buffett, board member Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett, executive director at Howard G. Buffett Foundation, talk with Betty Liu about...
- A Rising Star Emerges At Berkshire
When Tracy Britt arrived in Omaha, Neb., in 2009 to meet with Warren Buffett, she brought a Harvard M.B.A., a glittering resume and a boatload of ambition. But she also brought the famed investor a gift to highlight their shared Midwestern roots: a bushel...
- David Sokol Resigns From Berkshire
A top executive of Berkshire Hathaway who was believed to be on the inside track to one day succeed billionaire Warren Buffett as CEO has resigned suddenly. Buffett said Wednesday that David Sokol's resignation letter, delivered by his assistant late...
- Berkshire's No. 2 Man Helps From The Background
Buffett's No. 2 man Charlie Munger plays his role at Berkshire mostly in private The two men who run Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have an arrangement: Warren Buffett is the face of the company and Charlie Munger stays mainly in the shadows. That works...
- Riding Out The Storm With Quality Stocks
Like Warren Buffett, Larry Coats of Oak Value Fund sticks with companies that are understood and valued. Top holding: Berkshire Hathaway Sticking to the investing principles taught by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett, Coats buys companies that he can...
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Berkshire Hathaway and GEICO: an M&A Case Study
In striking contrast to the problematic M&A track record of many firms, financier Warren Buffett, the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has been a remarkably successful acquirer. There can be many reasons for this contrast, but a key one is likely Buffett's effective approach to valuation and pricing; in other words, Buffett generally does not overpay for acquisitions. As a student, Buffett received training in valuation at Columbia University from the late Benjamin Graham and has practiced and developed Graham's techniques ever since.
- The Buffetts On Charity, Succession, And Tv (video)
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax. Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway chairman/CEO Warren Buffett, board member Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett, executive director at Howard G. Buffett Foundation, talk with Betty Liu about...
- A Rising Star Emerges At Berkshire
When Tracy Britt arrived in Omaha, Neb., in 2009 to meet with Warren Buffett, she brought a Harvard M.B.A., a glittering resume and a boatload of ambition. But she also brought the famed investor a gift to highlight their shared Midwestern roots: a bushel...
- David Sokol Resigns From Berkshire
A top executive of Berkshire Hathaway who was believed to be on the inside track to one day succeed billionaire Warren Buffett as CEO has resigned suddenly. Buffett said Wednesday that David Sokol's resignation letter, delivered by his assistant late...
- Berkshire's No. 2 Man Helps From The Background
Buffett's No. 2 man Charlie Munger plays his role at Berkshire mostly in private The two men who run Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have an arrangement: Warren Buffett is the face of the company and Charlie Munger stays mainly in the shadows. That works...
- Riding Out The Storm With Quality Stocks
Like Warren Buffett, Larry Coats of Oak Value Fund sticks with companies that are understood and valued. Top holding: Berkshire Hathaway Sticking to the investing principles taught by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett, Coats buys companies that he can...