Warren Edward Buffett who popularly known as Warren Buffett, Born on August 30, 1930. He is an American business magnate, investor, speaker and philanthropist who serve as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is one of the most successful investor in the world. He is the third wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of $82 billion as of july 2019.
Warren Buffett has been the chairman and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway since 1970.
Quotes of Warren Buffett
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently
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Honesty is a very expensive gift, don’t expect it from cheap people.
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The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
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Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
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If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
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I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
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Risk is a part of God’s game, alike for men and nations
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I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no ‘y’ in it.
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We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We’ll break out of it. It takes time.
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If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.
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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
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The Greatest Enemies of Equity Investor are Expenses and Emotions.
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Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
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No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.
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Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway
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Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken
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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.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Short Bio of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska born August 30, 1930, the second children of Leila and Howard Buffett who was a congressman. Warren Buffett began his education at Rose Hill Elementary School in Omaha & attended Alice Deal Junior High School. In 1942 he moved to Washington, D.C with his family as his father was elected to the first of four terms in the United States Congress.
He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947. Buffett wanted to skip college and wanted to go directly into business. After finishing high school and finding success with his side entrepreneurial and investment ventures he got the idea of entering business directly but was overruled by his father.
Buffett has an interest in business and investing at a young age. At the age of seven, Buffett was inspired by a book One Thousand Ways to Make $1000 which he borrowed from the public library of Omaha. His first business ventures were sold chewing gum, Coca-Cola bottles, and weekly magazines door to door. He worked in his grandfather grocery store still in his high school to earn money. In 1944 he filled his first income tax return, Buffett took a $35 deduction for the use of his bicycle and watch on his paper route.