内容简介

　　Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omahainvestor 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."
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　　Although the media track him constantly,　Buffett himself has never told his full life　story. His reality has been kept 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 thesame 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 himshe 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 complexpersonality 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.