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Hit 7 - THE SNOWBALL: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury UK
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Binding: Hardcover
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: 2008-06-30
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Studio: Bloomsbury UK
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Editorial Reviews:
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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.
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Summary: Very unhappy
Comment: I bought this book as a Christmas present for my Son. I ordered it on 28th November but did not receive it until after Christmas so am very very very unhappy.
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Summary: fascinating
Comment: It gives us an insight into one of the most complex characters in american finances - both the good and the bad. The info on acquirting companies was terrific. Highlight. On weekend with Reagan, he told the President that what he was doing - spending more than he collected - would forever start the nation on a serious journey of overwhelming debt. This was 1982 and here we are in 2009 and another Republican President has certainly done a number in this area in leaving us shortlyto a horrible long term problem. Finally, you can detect Buffett's sense of humor in things as a number of his words of wisdom have proven to be correct.
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Summary: A great book, especially in today's economic crisis
Comment: I purchased this book for my husband and gave it to him for Christmas. Since then, he has been devouring it. The book is quite large and my husband describes it as "heavy reading" because there is a great deal of detail about Warren Buffet's life and the people in it, both from a personal perspective and also from a business perspective. My husband reads passages of the book to me because he is so enthusiastic about it, and I have to admit that the content does indeed sound very interesting. It appears that the content of Warren's book and especially Warren's financial philosophies are very relevant to the current economic crisis in which America finds itself right now.
From the amount of enjoyment my husband is getting in reading this book, I would have to recommend it highly.
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Summary: Interesting Subject, Some Stiff Writing
Comment: I'm fascinated by this folksy Richest Man in The World, and so I can't put the book down. Lots of background information and description of his life and business. After reading more about him as a person, I'm coming away less in awe of the man than I was.
However, I don't think the writing is all that great. At times it reads like a bland listing of life events and investments made. The author rarely offers much commentary on what she is describing. Seems like she is trying so hard to describe every day of his life that she didn't have time to make any insightful comparisions or comments.
Still, I'm fascinated by the guy and am enjoying learning more about him.
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Summary: No college degree required to be successful!
Comment: Great book by Warren Buffett! Did you know that, based on the criteria to teach at a University, Warren Buffett, Peter Jennings and Bill Gates would not be able to be a teacher? None of them have the necessary college degree. Makes you wonder how much of the federally funded Universities studies are necessary for success?
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