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 Snowball review September 7, 2009
Dr. Kapish Goyal
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is motivating and astounding book which can be followed as an inspiration.Its definitely worth it.
How to amass wealth, and how to give it away September 6, 2009
Ratatosk (Europe)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a long and intricate biography of Buffett, with stories of his family relations being interleaved with gold nuggets of business advice. I learned many truly valuable things from reading this book, both about business and about life, and I would recommend it for someone who is interested in business, and who has the time to read such a long book.
I have decided to deduct a star, however, not because of Buffett himself, as his teachings
really changed my life and continue to do so. But I've deducted a star because the book has a few things that I would personally like different.
First, the coverage of the Salomon Brothers case is far, far too lengthy and detailed in my opinion. It got to be really boring, and I doubt if that many readers are going to be interested in all those details. I suspect that the purpose of writing such a detailed account was to show that Buffett really was the White Knight who saved everything. This should also be seen in the light of the recent legal cases against Gen Re and AIG.
Second, and even more important is that some highly instructive investment cases have been left out due to the length of the book. I think this was a mistake as people who read the book are most likely going to be interested in a 'behind the scenes' look of his investment decisions.
Additionally, the author likes to draw little comparisons from episodes described earlier in the book, but if you have read 500 pages of dense historical facts inbetween, then it can be pretty hard to remember just who Mr. Whats-his-name was doing and why that was interesting.
In conclusion, I do highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Buffett and his private life, how he thinks and acts, his strengths and weaknesses. But it'll take time to read and you have to be patient for the nuggets of golden advice, as they are scattered throughout the entire length of the book. Also, I should mention that the book does NOT give a step-by-step recipe for how to invest like Buffett, it only gives the pillars of his philosophy.
 david Parlante September 1, 2009
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating book of the world's greatest investor from childhood to his adult life. All of the stories are intersting and informative on his development of investing style. A must read.
Timely and Efficient August 28, 2009
Sausy (Lawrence, KS)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The seller got the book to me timely and efficiently and the description of the condition of the book was stellar.
An amazingly in depth book about an amazingly deep man August 19, 2009
Reed Douglas (SoCal)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Warren Buffett is a complex person. If you told him that, he would probably deny it, but he is. This book shows exactly what he went through, the amazing things that he has done, and how the seemingly average person can make it, well, huge. (I would have said big, but he is bigger than that). From a simply childhood, to the bust of Boys Town, to his teacher Ben Graham, to his change to the Democratic party. You will find it in this book.
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