Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in the world. Buffett is the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, and is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people. He was ranked as the world's wealthiest person in 2008 and as the third wealthiest in 2015. In 2012 Time named Buffett one of the world's most influential people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 August 1930
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.
When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.
Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.
By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.
It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.
Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.
Cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.
The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.
We will only do with your money what we would do with our own.
Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.