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
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.
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.
Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer
Our favorite holding period is forever.
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Soil is a living ecosystem and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.
When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything.