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Meet the leading contender to manage Berkshire's billions
Today, a large Berkshire Hathaway mystery lifted when a Greenwich, Conn., hedge fund, Castle Point Capital Management, quietly advised its investors that the fund's managing partner, Todd Anthony Combs, would leave to join Berkshire at the end of the year.
Behind that simple fact is a big story: Combs, a mere 39, will with this move become the leading contender to eventually succeed Warren Buffett as manager of Berkshire's billions in investments.
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Warren Buffett On Cnbc
Links to videos: Berkshire Hathaway celebrates 50 years Who will succeed Warren Buffett? #Ask Warren: Charlie Munger No surprises at IBM: Buffett Deere's long term attraction: Buffett #Ask Warren: Glenn Close What's inside Berkshire Hathaway?...
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Investors Earn Handsome Paychecks By Handling Buffett's Business
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax. Warren Buffett's decision to hire two investment lieutenants is paying off for Berkshire Hathaway, and it's paying off for the two younger money managers, too. Todd Combs, 42, and Ted Weschler,...
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Ready To Try On Mr. Buffett's Shoes
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax.It is tough to follow a legend. Ted Weschler considers himself one of Warren Buffett's biggest admirers, but until this past summer, he couldn't actually see himself working for the Oracle of Omaha....
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From Tiananmen Square To Possible Buffett Successor
Twenty-one years ago, Li Lu was a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests. Now a hedge-fund manager, he is in line to become a successor to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Mr. Li, 44 years old, has emerged as a leading candidate to run...
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Some Questions On An Above Average Interesting 13-f Season
A great business less from Peter Drucker- it's amazing what you can achieve as a team if you don't care who gets the credit. A related theme for individual investors is - its amazing the ideas you can uncover if you don't mind cloning. This...
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