Carol J. Loomis
Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkableâ€” and ,Fortune ,journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all.,Â When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 ,Fortune ,article, she didnâ€™t dream that Warren Buffett would one day be considered the worldâ€™s greatest investorâ€”nor that she and Buffett would quickly become close personal friends. As BufÂ­fettâ€™s fortune and reputation grew over time, Loomis used her unique insight into Buffettâ€™s thinking to chronicle his work for ,Fortune,, writÂ­ing and proposing scores of stories that tracked his many accomplishmentsâ€”and also his occaÂ­sional mistakes.Â Now Loomis has collected and updated the best Buffett articles ,Fortune ,published between 1966 and 2012, including thirteen cover stories and a dozen pieces authored by Buffett himself. Loomis has provided commentary about each major artiÂ­cle that supplies context and her own informed point of view. Readers will gain fresh insights into Buffettâ€™s investment strategies and his thinking on management, philanthropy, public policy, and even parenting. Some of the highlights include:,The 1966 A. W. Jones story in which ,Fortune ,first mentioned Buffett. The first piece Buffett wrote for the magazine, 1977â€™s â€œHow Inf lation Swindles the Equity Investor.â€ Andrew Tobiasâ€™s 1983 article â€œLetters from Chairman Buffett,â€ the first review of his BerkÂ­shire Hathaway shareholder letters. Buffettâ€™s stunningly prescient 2003 piece about derivatives, â€œAvoiding a Mega-Catastrophe.â€ His unconventional thoughts on inheritance and philanthropy, including his intention to leave his kids â€œenough money so they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing.â€ Bill Gatesâ€™s 1996 article describing his early impressions of Buffett as they struck up their close friendship. Scores of Buffett books have been written, but none can claim this workâ€™s combination of trust between two friends, the writerâ€™s deep underÂ­standing of Buffettâ€™s world, and a very long-term perspective.
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Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012