The Snowball by Alice Schroeder

The Snowball by Alice Schroeder

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The most authoritative portrait of one of the most important American investors of our time."--Los Angeles Times

"Even people who don't care a whit about business will be intrigued. . . . A side of the Oracle of Omaha that has rarely been seen."--Time (Five Best Nonfiction Books of the Year)

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post; People; Financial Times; Businessweek; Janet Maslin, The New York Times; Publishers Weekly

Warren Buffett is one of the most respected men in the world. But the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir or offered a glimpse into his intensely private life. Here, at last, he gives unprecedented access to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom.

This complete biography of the man known everywhere as "the Oracle of Omaha" was written by highly respected former financial analyst and business writer Alice Schroeder with the cooperation of Buffett himself, who gave her thousands of hours of his own time as well as complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates--and his files. The result is the fullest exploration of his philosophy of life we will ever have. Here are the principles and ideas that made Buffett astoundingly wealthy, enriched the lives (and bank accounts) of those who adopted them, and created the most fascinating American success story of our time.

Alice Schroeder was a managing director at Morgan Stanley and a well-known insurance industry analyst and writer. Warren Buffett first met her when she published research on Berkshire Hathaway; he was so struck by her knowledge and insight that he granted her access to his archives and to himself. Because of their friendship and mutual respect, she is in an great position to write The Snowball. Schroeder was born in Texas and went to the University of Texas at Austin for her undergraduate and MBA degrees before going east to work in finance. She is a former CPA, and she and her husband live in Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9780553384611
ISBN 10	0553384619
Title	The Snowball
Author	Alice Schroeder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-10-27
Number of pages	832
Prizes	Winner of People Magazine “Top Ten Books” 2008, Winner of Publishers Weekly Best Books 2008, Winner of The Globe and Mail Top 10 Business Books 2008, Winner of The Washington Post "Best Books" 2008
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