PORTRAIT OF A LEADER

Warren Buffett

The Assessing Leader

1930 - Present

“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.” - Warren Buffett
I. EDUCATION:
BUSINESS AND INVESTING
1930

A.Making money at 5 years old
B.Paper boy
C.Pin-Ball business
D.Carnegie: How to Win Friends
E.Benjamin Graham
F.GEICO
G.Stockbroker
H.Graham-Newman

II. THE INVESTOR
1957

A.Buffett Associates Ltd.
B.Berkshire Hathaway
C.Cigar butt investing
D.Charlie Munger
E.Buffett Limited Partners
F.“Supermoney” by Adam Smith

III. THE #1 U.S. INVESTOR
1975

A.“Sage of Omaha” Washington Post American Express ABC Coca-Cola
B.Reinsurance
C.Leveraging Name Salomon Brothers AIG

IV. GLOBAL INVESTOR AND
PHILANTHROPIST
2003

A.Asia
B.Israel
C.Bill & Melinda Gates