Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett

Kilpatrick, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0964190516 / ISBN 13: 9780964190511

Published by Southern Pub Group, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett
• Publisher: Southern Pub Group
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964190516
• ISBN 13: 9780964190511
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Providing an in-depth, up-to-date look at Buffett and his company, Berkshire Hathaway, this book clearly shows the fundamental reasons for his exalted achievements. It also takes a look at Berksire's investments which include 200 million shares of the Coca-Cola Company. This biography will have an appeal to anyone in the business world. 92 photos.

From the Back Cover

Follow Warren Buffett's success strategies for the 21st century

A Fascinating Journey Inside the World­­and Mind­­of Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is history's greatest investor­­and America's second-richest man. But how did Buffett reach that pinnacle? What did he see that others missed? And perhaps most important...

What does he see today?

Of Permanent Value is today's most complete, penetrating portrait of the life and times of Warren Buffett. This new edition­­comprehensively revised and updated for a new century­­makes you privy to his legendary investing secrets, and is a fascinating look at how Buffett is moving to conquer today's new-rules marketplace. Of Permanent Value details:

-How Buffett would have turned a 1956 investment of $10,000 into $250 million today­­after taxes!
-Inside analyses of the recent purchases of General Re and Executive Jet, along with MidAmerican Energy­­Buffett's sleeping utility giant
-Buffett's thoughts and investment philosophies, revealed through extensive interviews with family, friends, and business associates

Filled with hundreds of rare photographs and fascinating facts, along with compelling stories from some of the world's leading public figures­­all told in nugget-sized chapters that are fascinating to read and impossible to put down­­Of Permanent Value is the story of Warren Buffett himself. It is an intrinsically American tale, one to which we can all relate...and from which we can all profit.

So pull up a seat and spend a few moments with the "Oracle of Omaha," one of the great financial minds of our­­or any­­era.