Book · 1995
Buffett: the Making of an American Capitalist
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Were you introduced to them by Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, or how did you get introduced to them?
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2023 Listen at 31:06 Why people recommend it
Buffett: the Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein is a biographical account detailing the life, investment philosophy, and business career of Warren Buffett. The book has been discussed and recommended on prominent business and interview podcasts. In September 2023, Shaan Puri recommended the biography on My First Million as a superior alternative to longer alternatives for understanding Buffett's money wisdom. A few months later, in November 2023, Puri returned to the book on the same podcast to read a specific passage illustrating Charlie Munger's Churchillian self-assurance and unimpressive physical demeanor. Additionally, in September 2023, Tim Ferriss spoke with Shane Parrish on The Tim Ferriss Show, asking whether Parrish was originally introduced to the investment wisdom of Buffett and Munger through Lowenstein's definitive biography. Across these episodes, hosts and guests treated the book as an essential text for understanding the minds of legendary investors.
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Shaan Puri this one's called making of the making of an American capitalist 2
“There's this cool story from I think it's called Making of a an American Capitalist. And so, they talk about how the Here, I'll read it just the this part from the book. They go, "Physically, Munger was unimpressive."”
“this one's called making of the making of an American capitalist”
Tim Ferriss Were you introduced to them by Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, or how did you get introduced… 1
“Were you introduced to them by Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, or how did you get introduced to them?”
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“I've have not read the snowball but read an earlier biography unauthorized as I think they all were by Roger Lowenstein or Stein I never know how that's going to be pronounced the making of an American capitalist and I read this decades ago”