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    The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
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    The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
    Audiobook (abridged)9 hours

    The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

    Written by Alice Schroeder

    Narrated by Richard McGonagle

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    About this audiobook

    Here is THE audiobook 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 audiobook tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 29, 2008
    ISBN9780739334072
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    The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
    Author

    Alice Schroeder

    Alice Schroeder began her career as a certified public accountant, working for Ernst & Young before being appointed as a managing director at Morgan Stanley in the equities division. She was the number 1-ranked Institutional Investor All-America Research analyst in 2001 and 2002, and a member of the All-America Research team for seven years. Schroeder first met Warren Buffett in 1998. By 2001, Buffett began to suggest that Alice shift from the business of following stocks in order to write full-time.

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    • 4/5
      fascinating. so many cultures, always some dying when in competition with technology of all kinds. religion really does kill a lot of cultures, leaving very little in its wake.
    • 2/5
      Warren is interisting but the voice actor ruins the book.
    • 5/5
      Great book to read. In some points maybe it was bit too deep when it came to stories about other personas.
    • 5/5
      Inspirational and astonishing. Buffet, a respectable person, business man and philanthropist!!
    • 5/5
      An excellent biography. Listened to it in just under a week and loved every minute. Warren Buffett is a business icon and learning how he accumulated his snowball of millions taught me a lot and left me wondering how I could apply his principles to my own life. The stories of his early days, forming the partnership with 7 investors and $105,000, saving Solomon from bankruptcy and disgrace, and eventually giving his money to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation kept me rapt. Schroeder also did a great job of showing his quirks and blind spots, his family issues, pride, and sacrifice. Seeing those elements only added more value to the book and humanized this giant personality. I can’t wait to read more, and may well try to get to the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting next year.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic insight into the greatest investor of the world has every known.
    • 4/5
      Drags a little at times, but gives good insight into what made Buffett the man he is today.
    • 5/5
      Awesome book about a great investor!
      He also understood the value of knowledge compounding.
    • 4/5
      The book describes everything most of us interested in money markets already know about him. Except, it reminds us that he is human like the rest of us. Relationship problems, life lessons, friendships, the love of family, the importance of recognizing market trends and most importantly patience.
    • 5/5
      very interesting book on the life of Warren Buffett. I would recommend
    • 5/5
      Great insight into the world of Oracle of Omaha !
    • 5/5
      Exceptionally well written! A thoroughly engrossing journey into the business and personal life of Warren Buffet. The stories are deeply textured, the suspense is riveting and the lessons on life and business are priceless.
    • 5/5
      extremely inspirational book with a lot to learn from and apply to life
    • 5/5
      Great book and a great man. 9 hours of greatness.

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