The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Author - Alice Schroeder ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Random House Large Print was reviewed on 11-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. Loved it -- could not put it down. The free Kindle sample is nice and long, several chapters, which gives quite a good feeling for the book. It is well-written, contrary to the reviews of others. Such a life is complex and not easily organized, but our author has done justice to it. I appreciated finally getting insight into Warren Buffet´s perspective.¤

2) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. I finished the book last night. I had read Roger Lowenstein´s "Buffett: The Making on an American Capitalist" and liked it. Roger is a wonderful writer, funny and meticulous in his research. However, as a male writer, Roger naturally has the tendency to be rational in his interpretation of Buffett´s life. He presents the facts, makes a comment or two, and moves on. At the end, I felt more knowledgeable about Buffett´s life, but not moved by it.

Alice Schroeder´s book moved me. As a female writer, she paints Buffett´s life with words; she doesn´t just report it as a string of events. She delves into the characters in the Buffett household and shows us what makes them who they are. She shows us Buffett as a human being like all of us, with his fears, phobias, pains, concerns, joys, and goals. Yes, he is a great businessman, but that´s only on the surface. Deep down, he is a highly principled man, honest to a fault, carrying, loyal, funny, charming, and courageous. He has seen a lot of happiness in his lifetime, but he also has suffered a great deal.

Warren Buffett´s life made me cry, laugh, contemplate, and dream. I learned life lessons, which I wouldn´t have learned any other way. He did the work for all of us. And for that, I thank him from the bottom of my heart.¤

3) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. The author really delves into great details about Warren Buffets life leaving with you with a picture of what is was like to be him through many stages of his life! Any reader could enjoy this book as it left me completely engaged in every chapter! Definitely pick this one up!¤

4) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. This is an exceptionally well written and researched biography of Warren Buffett. What makes it most interesting is how he opened up his files, associates and life to Ms. Schroeder to give this biography more creedance than any book previously written about him. This book is definately the hit of 2008 and one of the best biographies written in modern times!¤

5) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. Book arrived on time but the person to whom it was sent complained that the book itself was poorly written.¤

6) Paperback Book The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Random House Large Print. Here is THE book 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 book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time.


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