Why people recommend it
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a foundational text on value investing that outlines timeless principles for navigating financial markets with discipline and emotional control. Morgan Housel strongly recommended the work on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, noting that while it is written in 1930s English and resembles a textbook, it remains an essential and formative read with enduring wisdom. Bill Ackman referenced Benjamin Graham's core investment strategies during the Lex Fridman Podcast, emphasizing the necessity of purchasing assets at a significant discount to their intrinsic value. Lex Fridman also brought up the volume to ask Ackman about the early lessons that shaped his successful financial career. Similarly, JL Collins discussed the publication on The Diary Of A CEO, explaining how Graham's philosophy guided Warren Buffett in identifying value companies and seizing buying opportunities. Other figures, including Gary Faust on Modern Wisdom, Kyle Homson on ChooseFI, and William Leith, have discussed the book as a classic point of reference in financial education and wealth-building history.
Who recommended it
- Morgan Housel Recommended
- William Leith Discussed
- Gary Faust Discussed
- JL Collins Discussed
- Kyle Homson Discussed
- Lex Fridman Discussed
- Bill Ackman Recommended
Morgan Housel — 2 mentions
“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”
William Leith — 2 mentions
“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”
Gary Faust — 1 mention
“Somebody putting like the intelligent investor in the bin. It's like giving up on this.”
JL Collins — 1 mention
“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 — 1 mention
“and the other one was the intelligent investor by Ben Graham and they were great books”
Lex Fridman — 1 mention
“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.”
Bill Ackman — 1 mention
“The key is to buy at a price that represents a big discount to that approximation. That gets back to Ben Graham.”
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Other mentions (2: 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”