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 always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.
You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
Right now, the rest of the world owns $3 trillion US more of us than we own of them.
An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you.
The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.
Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide.
We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.
I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.
I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.
We have embraced the 21st century by entering such cutting-edge industries as brick, carpet, insulation and paint. Try to control your excitement.
You can't buy what is popular and do well.
If I subscribed to the efficient market theory I would still be delivering papers