Book · 2003 · Business & Economics
The intelligent investor
The Definitive Book on Value Investing
The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham has been mentioned in 19 episodes across 10 podcasts (5 episodes recommend it and 14 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Morgan Housel (2 episodes), Ben Claremont (1 episode) and Bill Ackman (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (7 episodes), Modern Wisdom (2 episodes) and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (2 episodes).
#108 of 16,947 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Benjamin Graham, who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said what you should do is look for value companies.
Questions about The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham
Who recommends The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham on podcasts?
Morgan Housel (1 episode), Ben Claremont (1 episode), Bill Ackman (1 episode), Ryan Holiday (1 episode) and Syed Balkhi (1 episode) have recommended The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham on podcasts. In all, 20 people brought it up across 10 podcasts (5 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The intelligent investor the most?
Invest Like the Best (7 episodes), Modern Wisdom (2 episodes), The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (2 episodes), The Tim Ferriss Show (2 episodes) and All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg (1 episode), among 10 podcasts in all.
Is The intelligent investor recommended, or only discussed?
The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham was recommended in 5 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 14 episodes, as of 2026-04-30.
What do people say about The intelligent investor?
JL Collins on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (2026-01-12): "Benjamin Graham, who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said what you should do is look for value companies."
When was The intelligent investor last mentioned on a podcast?
The intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham was last discussed on Modern Wisdom by Gary Faust on 2026-04-30.
What they say about it
- Connection to Warren Buffett“mentor to Warren Buffett”4
- Seminal investment book“one of the seminal books of value investing”2
The best things said about it
Warren Buffett has said that the single greatest investment that he made was a book. He bought this copy of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor when he was like 19 years old.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Jul 2025 And so it was after a few years of working in the commercial real estate business where I got handed a copy of Ben Graham's book, Intelligent Investor. And that really changed my life and it changed the trajectory of my career path.
Even if you read The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham, you know, one of the seminal books of value investing, he talks about how speculation is actually integral to the proper functioning.
Everybody knows that chapter 8 and chapter 20 are the most important chapters of The Intelligent Investor.
It was the idea of the principles that were expressed in Intelligent Investor. And the idea is that stocks are less risky when the prices are much lower.
Benjamin Graham the great investor who wrote the book The Intelligent Investor, he's like the Godfather of investing.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
20 people who brought it up
- Morgan Housel2 episodes · recommended in 1
- Ben Claremont1 episode · recommended in 1
Bill Ackman1 episode · recommended in 1- Ryan Holiday1 episode · recommended in 1
- Syed Balkhi1 episode · recommended in 1
Chamath Palihapitiya1 episode- Chatri Sityodtong1 episode
- Gary Faust1 episode
- Gavin Baker1 episode
- Harvey Sawikin1 episode
- Howard Marks1 episode
- Jason Zweig1 episode
Why people recommend it
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a foundational value investing text that outlines strategies for mitigating risk and evaluating market securities. On The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday cited Warren Buffett's lifelong admiration for the book to illustrate the high return on investment of buying books. On The Diary Of A CEO, Morgan Housel recommended the text, describing it as an important work from the 1930s featuring timeless wisdom on investing. Similarly, JL Collins referenced the author's principles of seeking value companies and buying them below their intrinsic worth. On My First Million, Syed Balkhi connected the volume to value investing discussions and compounding goodwill. Bill Ackman, speaking on the Lex Fridman Podcast, echoed related valuation concepts by emphasizing the necessity of purchasing at a significant discount. On Modern Wisdom, Gary Faust brought up the book metaphorically when discussing traditional financial advice. Finally, Vlad Tenev mentioned the work on Sources with Alex Heath while noting that the seminal text acknowledges the integral role of speculation in proper market functioning.
Every mention
Morgan Housel a guy named Benjamin Graham wrote a book called The Intelligent Investor. He wrote it in the 1930s, so it i… 2
“a guy named Benjamin Graham wrote a book called The Intelligent Investor. He wrote it in the 1930s, so it is written in 1930s English.”
“Um, no, I think a couple that were really important for me, you know, it's not bedtime reading, but a guy named Benjamin Graham wrote a book called The Intelligent Investor. He wrote it in the 1930s, so it is written in 1930s English. And he was a professor, so it's written, it's not quite a textbook, but it's not”
“Benjamin Graham the great investor who wrote the book The intelligent investor he's like the Godfather of investing if you tried to put Benjamin Graham's techniques to work today you would fail so incredibly hard so miserably”
Ben Claremont And so it was after a few years of working in the commercial real estate business where I got handed a copy… 1
“And so it was after a few years of working in the commercial real estate business where I got handed a copy of Ben Graham's book, Intelligent Investor. And that really changed my life and it changed the trajectory of my career path.”
Bill Ackman The key is to buy at a price that represents a big discount to that approximation. That gets back to Ben Gr… 1
“The key is to buy at a price that represents a big discount to that approximation. That gets back to Ben Graham.”
Ryan Holiday Warren Buffett has said that the single greatest investment that he made was a book. He bought this copy of… 1
“Warren Buffett has said that the single greatest investment that he made was a book. He bought this copy of Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor when he was like 19 years old. A paperback book there was probably a dollar, $2.”
Syed Balkhi he his conference is called value X very well-known value investor um has a book as well and you know he ta… 1
“he his conference is called value X very well-known value investor um has a book as well and you know he talks about compounding Goodwill um in his book and the intelligent investor educational value investor”
Chamath Palihapitiya If you listen to Buffett, Buffett's teacher, this guy Ben Graham, in Ben Graham's book, the way that he wou… 1
“If you listen to Buffett, Buffett's teacher, this guy Ben Graham, in Ben Graham's book, the way that he would look at a stock”
Chatri Sityodtong And so I got obsessed with Warren Buffett and you know, Ben Graham and intelligent investor. And this was l… 1
“And so I got obsessed with Warren Buffett and you know, Ben Graham and intelligent investor. And this was like when I was again a teenager and I just voraciously consumed it, but I never thought I would ever do something along those lines, right?”
Gary Faust Somebody putting like the intelligent investor in the bin. It's like giving up on this. 1
“Somebody putting like the intelligent investor in the bin. It's like giving up on this.”
Gavin Baker And I also think even within the career risk, everybody's steeped in Benjamin Graham now. Everybody knows t… 1
“And I also think even within the career risk, everybody's steeped in Benjamin Graham now. Everybody knows that chapter 8 and chapter 20 are the most important chapters of the intelligent investor. Everybody is steeped in Warren Buffett.”
Harvey Sawikin When I started investing in 1992, I read The Intelligent Investor, and Graham says in there that you know t… 1
“When I started investing in 1992, I read The Intelligent Investor, and Graham says in there that you know that the U.S. market is a good buy when the earnings yield is at least 2 times the bond yield.”
Howard Marks In other words, you're helping the market to act as a weighing machine, as Ben Graham said, an intelligent… 1
“In other words, you're helping the market to act as a weighing machine, as Ben Graham said, an intelligent investor. But in the short term, it's a voting machine to get a handle on how people are voting and how they're likely to vote in the future”
Jason Zweig And he said, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. And I said, yes. And he said, well, do you want t… 1
“And he said, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. And I said, yes. And he said, well, do you want to think about it? And I said, no.”
Jeff Gramm And I think that book is more valuable than, like, I think, like a young investor coming up now will get mo… 1
“And I think that book is more valuable than, like, I think, like a young investor coming up now will get more from the snowball than from the intelligent investor or security analysis or, you know.”
JL Collins Benjamin Graham, who who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said… 1
“Benjamin Graham, who who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said what you should do is look for value companies and try to determine where the beer is and then try to see if you can get a buying opportunity, watch it where you can buy it for less than the actual value of”
Kyle Homson and the other one was the intelligent investor by Ben Graham and they were great books 1
“and the other one was the intelligent investor by Ben Graham and they were great books”
Lex Fridman In your lecture on the basics of finance and investing, you mention a book, "Intelligent Investor" by Benja… 1
“In your lecture on the basics of finance and investing, you mention a book, "Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham as being formative in your life.”
Mike Zapata It was the idea of the principles that were expressed in Intelligent Investor. And the idea is that stocks… 1
“It was the idea of the principles that were expressed in Intelligent Investor. And the idea is that stocks are less risky when the prices are much lower.”
Patrick O'Shaughnessy And I know Intelligent Investor was kind of a seminal book for you as well. So maybe quickly describe your… 1
“And I know Intelligent Investor was kind of a seminal book for you as well. So maybe quickly describe your experience at Columbia.”
Vlad Tenev even if you read the intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham you know one of the seminal books of value inv… 1
“even if you read the intelligent investor by Benjamin Graham you know one of the seminal books of value investing he talks about how speculation is actually integral to the the proper functioning”
William Leith he went to Columbia and he met Benjamin Graham who was the guy who wrote the intelligent investor 1
“he went to Columbia and he met Benjamin Graham who was the guy who wrote the intelligent investor”
“well he went to the Wharton and then he went to Columbia and he met Benjamin Graham who was the guy who wrote the intelligent investor”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Have you guys have you ever heard the Warren Buffett cloning story no so Warren Buffett when he was young he wanted to learn investing right so he goes to the guy who wrote the book on investing Benjamin Graham and he's like uh Mr Graham I wanna I'm I'm Warren Buffett I'm a big fan of your work I”
“you know Buffett was one of the first people to believe the intelligent investor”
“And it could be the intelligent investor or kind of a pure play like your money and your brain, or your most recent one, which is probably my favorite, the Devil's Dictionary. Devil's Financial Dictionary, I should say.”