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
Warren Buffett quotes about
The greatest investment a young person can make is in their own education, in their own mind. Because money comes and goes. Relationships come and go. But what you learn once stays with you forever.
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
A CEO's behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.
Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.
Intensity is the price of excellence.
Never invest in a business you can't understand
First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots.
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.