Buffett : the making of an American capitalist / Roger Lowenstein.
By: Lowenstein, Roger.
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008Description: xv, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0812979273 (pbk.); 9780812979275 (pbk.).Subject(s): Buffett, Warren | Buffett, Warren | Buffett, Warren | Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography | Stockbrokers -- United States -- Biography | Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography | Stock exchanges -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 332.6/092Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | HG172.B84 L69 2008 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001158 |
"Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States by Random House...in 1995"--Verso, t.p.
"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-467) and index.
Omaha -- Runaway -- Graham -- Beginnings -- Partners -- Go-go -- Berkshire Hathaway -- Return of the native -- Alter ego -- Washington redux -- Press lord -- Partners, redux -- The carpet women -- The eighties -- Public and private -- Crash -- A brief introduction to darts -- Secrets of the temple -- Howie Buffett's corn -- Rhinophobia -- The king -- Salomon's court -- Buffett's trolley -- Afterword: January 2008.
Chronicles Warren Buffett's childhood ambitions, Columbia Business School education, investment strategies, early investments, and affiliation with American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, and ABC.