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Books : THE SNOWBALL: Warren Buffett and the Business of LifeIn association with Amazon.comby: Alice Schroeder  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6092 EAN: 9780747591917 ISBN: 0747591911 Label: Bloomsbury UK Manufacturer: Bloomsbury UK Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 976 Publication Date: June 30, 2008 Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Studio: Bloomsbury UK Sales Rank: 54513 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Prize 2008 The Snowball is the first and will be the only biography of the world's richest man, Warren Buffett, written with his full cooperation and collaboration. Combining a unique blend of "The Sage of Omaha's" business savvy, life story and philosophy, The Snowball is essential reading for anyone wishing to discover and replicate the secrets of his business and life success. Warren Buffett is arguably the world's greatest investor. Even as a child he was fascinated by the concept of risk and probability, setting up his first business at the age of six. In 1964 he bought struggling Massachusetts textile firm Berkshire Hathaway and grew it to be the 12th largest corporation in the US purely through the exercise of sound investing principles - a feat never equalled in the annals of business. Despite an estimated net worth of around US$62 billion, Buffett leads an intriguingly frugal life taking home a salary of only GBP50,000 a year. His only indulgence is a private jet, an extravagance he wryly acknowledges by calling it "The Indefensible".In 2006, he made the largest charitable donation on record, with most of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Snowball provides a comprehensive, richly detailed insight one of the world's most extraordinary and much loved public figures. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The best about the BestLove the way in is written and got so much insight to a great man. Focus. Rating:  - Lowenstein's book is betterAm a buffett fan. This is a good book but I found the Roger Lowenstein book far better than this one. If you dont read snowball, you wont miss much of Buffett! Rating:  - Too thick!I didn't expect it is such a thick book. It will take me forever to read it. Rating: - Feet of ClayAlice Schroeder has accomplished an impressive feat. The poor lady must have spent many hours at Gorat's watching Buffett devour his strict Colon Cancer diet. This beautifully written 940 page biography reveals aspects of the Buffett personality which alternately shocked and repelled me. For example, I had no idea that Buffett the teenager was an habitual shoplifter. If I had known this many years ago I might never have started collecting Berkshire shares. His emotional neglect of his son ... Read More Rating: - Great read.The size was quite daunting, however this book really delivers. Ms. Schroeder obviously loves narrative and she does a great job making Buffett, a man who has been written about countless times, new and exciting. Very good read. Browse for similar items by category:
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