The Snowball：Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alice Schroeder 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2008-09
• ISBN 9780553805093
• 定价 272.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 976页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

HereisTHEbookrecountingthelifeandtimesofoneofthemostrespectedmenintheworld,WarrenBuffett.ThelegendaryOmahainvestorhasneverwrittenamemoir,butnowhehasallowedonewriter,AliceSchroeder,unprecedentedaccesstoexploredirectlywithhimandwiththoseclosesttohimhiswork,opinions,struggles,triumphs,follies,andwisdom.Theresultisthepersonallyrevealingandcompletebiographyofthemanknowneverywhereas“TheOracleofOmaha.”

Althoughthemediatrackhimconstantly,Buffetthimselfhasnevertoldhisfulllifestory.Hisrealityisprivate,especiallybycelebritystandards.Indeed,whilethehomespunpersonathatthepublicseesistrueasfarasitgoes,itgoesonlysofar.WarrenBuffettisanarrayofparadoxes.Hesetouttoprovethatniceguyscanfinishfirst.Overtheyearshetreatedhisinvestorsaspartners,actedastheirsteward,andchampionedhonestyasaninvestor,CEO,boardmember,essayist,andspeaker.Atthesametimehebecametheworld’srichestman,allfromthemodestOmahaheadquartersofhiscompanyBerkshireHathaway.Noneofthisfitstheterm“simple.”

WhenAliceSchroedermetWarrenBuffettshewasaninsuranceindustryanalystandagiftedwriterknownforherkeenperceptionandbusinessacumen.Herwritingsonfinanceimpressedhim,andasshecametoknowhimsherealizedthatwhilemuchhadbeenwrittenonthesubjectofhisinvestingstyle,noonehadmovedbeyondthattoexplorehislargerphilosophy,whichisboundupinacomplexpersonalityandthedetailsofhislife.Outofthiscamehisdecisiontocooperatewithheronthebookabouthimselfthathewouldneverwrite.

NeverbeforehasBuffettspentcountlesshoursrespondingtoawriter’squestions,talking,givingcompleteaccesstohiswife,children,friends,andbusinessassociates—openinghisfiles,recallinghischildhood.Itwasanactofcourage,asTheSnowballmakesimmenselyclear.Beinghuman,hisownlife,likemostlives,hasbeenamixofstrengthsandfrailties.Yetnotablethoughhiswealthmaybe,Buffett’slegacywillnotbehisrankingonthescorecardofwealth;itwillbehisprinciplesandideasthathaveenrichedpeople’slives.ThisbooktellsyouwhyWarrenBuffettisthemostfascinatingAmericansuccessstoryofourtime.

【作者简介】

AuthorAliceSchroederwasanotedinsuranceindustryanalystandwriterwhowasamanagingdirectoratMorganStanley.ShefirstmetWarrenBuffettwhenshepublishedresearchonBerkshireHathaway;hergraspofthesubjectandinsightsoimpressedhimthatheofferedheraccesstohisfilesandtohimself.TheirfriendshipandmutualrespectmakeherideallypositionedtowritetheTheSnowball.

Ms.SchroederwasborninTexas,andsheearnedanundergraduatedegreeandherMBAattheUniversityofTexasatAustinbeforemovingeasttoworkinfinance.SheisaformerCPAandlivesinConnecticutwithherhusband.