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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life |  | Author: Alice Schroeder
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Rating:  229 reviews
Sales Rank: 4146
Media: Paperback
Edition: Updated
Pages: 832
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0553384619
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6092
EAN: 9780553384611
ASIN: 0553384619
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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Product Description
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha.”
Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His reality is private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At the same time he became the world’s richest man, all from the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire Hathaway. None of this fits the term “simple.”
When Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that while much had been written on the subject of his investing style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would never write.
Never before has Buffett spent countless hours responding to a writer’s questions, talking, giving complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates—opening his files, recalling his childhood. It was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives, has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable though his wealth may be, Buffett’s legacy will not be his ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his principles and ideas that have enriched people’s lives. This book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time.
From the Hardcover edition.
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For experienced readers July 20, 2010
Mr Tony Gets (Sydney, Australia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would recommend this book to those that have reading experience because the book is rather dry in many places and at points I was wondering if we were going to learn about how Warren (or one of his family members) wipe their noses or tie their shoe laces.
For those that persevere you will be rewarded with a solid overview of Warren's history, life and the environment he lived in. The book is filled with insight, philosophy and you will undoubtedly retain more than one key idea that you can apply to your own life and career.
 A Great Read for InvestorWannabes June 26, 2010
Darryl Youzefowich
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Despite any flaws other readers may list, this book is essential reading for those that want to understand how wealth is created, how someone achieved great wealth and still maintained a healthy attitude as best he could.
While not being a technical roadmap to wealth, it gives you the overall feel, understanding of how one guy did it, and maybe you could too.
This has greatly helped me understand a successful investor's mindset, and now how I understand (somewhat) how his victories emerged. While not to the depth experienced investors might like, it provides an accessible gateway for the rest of us. Highly recommended, should be required reading in business schools.
One of my favorites June 18, 2010
E L (New York, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're interested in business or finance this is an excellent learning tool. I find that I learn far more from reading biographies than from reading manuals, and there is a lot here to enlighten and inspire. I recommend it to all my finance friends.
 Great Life/Person! OK Book June 12, 2010
bob (LAREDO, TX, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book was an ok/fun read for me. Nothing against the author, but it I think she was inexperienced when it came writing a biography. Even so, it was a decent book that shed light on Buffett's life. I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are a Buffett admirer then pick up a copy, if not, then maybe check it out at your local library.
Buffett's secret life May 21, 2010
Robert J. Askey (Colorado, USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Warren Buffett had two wives at once, and the mainstream media protected Buffett from bad publicity because the MSM liked him so much. This is the inside story of how Buffett's wife Susan fell for a slick West Coast man who lured her to San Francisco to pursue her singing career, and how Susan soothed Warren's broken-hearted pain by fixing him up with Omaha restaurant hostess Astrid Menks who kept him very comfortable with hot soup and other hot attentions. Oh yes - the book discusses how Buffett makes money, but you knew all that money stuff from other books about him.
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