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Every book Mohnish Pabrai recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Mohnish Pabrai appears on, in one place — not just one.
Mohnish Pabrai’s most recommended books
- A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith
- Beat the Dealer by Edward O. Thorp
- Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
- Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor
- Give and Take by Adam Grant
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Mohnish Pabrai is an Indian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was born in Bombay, India, on June 12, 1964, and serves as the founder and managing partner of Pabrai Investment Funds, a value-oriented investment firm managing over one billion dollars in assets. Appearing on My First Million and The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Pabrai discussed foundational texts that shaped his investing career. He recommended John Kenneth Galbraith's A Short History of Financial Euphoria as a pivotal read regarding market behavior and financial manias. Discussing his introduction to investing, Pabrai recalled picking up Peter Lynch's One Up On Wall Street at Heathrow Airport in 1994, which led him to subsequently read Lynch's Beating the Street. He also discussed Edward O. Thorp's Beat_the_Dealer to explain how Thorp exposed methods for beating casino blackjack, and he mentioned Edward Chancellor's Devil Take the Hindmost while examining historical investor behavior. Furthermore, Pabrai referenced Jim Collins's Good to Great to illustrate business competition, discussed the core risk-minimization principles behind his own book, The Dhandho Investor, and cited Adam Grant's Give and Take to categorize human interactions.
Books recommended by Mohnish Pabrai
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A Short History of Financial Euphoria
A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith examines the recurring patterns of financial manias, speculative bubbles, and inevitable market crashes throughout economic history.
Recommended“before that, John Kenneth Galbraith's book called The Short History of Financial Euphoria. That was really pivotal for me.”
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Beat the Dealer
Beat the Dealer by Edward O.
Discussed“So, he said, 'I'm not going back.' But, to get back at them, he wrote a book called Beat the Dealer, which sold millions of copies, which basically says, 'Here's how you beat the casinos.'”
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Beating the Street
Discussed“So, there was another Peter Lynch book, Beating the Street. I read that. And I loved that, too.”
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Devil Take the Hindmost
Devil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor explores the fascinating history of financial speculation and market manias through the centuries.
Discussed“And I mentioned Devil Take the Hindmost, 99, one of the greatest books I ever read was”
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Give and Take
Give and Take by Adam Grant is a bestselling psychology and business book that explores the hidden dynamics of why some people reach the top of their fields while others sink to the bottom.
Discussed“and you know we we talked about this Adam Grant uh wrote this wonderful book give and take right”
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Good to Great
Good to Great by Jim Collins is a popular business book exploring how companies transition from being mediocre to achieving sustained greatness.
Discussed“So, yeah, it comes from um a Good to Great. So, yeah, it's a beautiful idea that I haven't thought about for for an enormous amount of time. The idea is, and this is a story I think is in his is in his book Good to Great.”
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One Up On Wall Street
One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch and John Rothchild is a classic investment guide that teaches individual investors how to find lucrative market opportunities using everyday observations.
Discussed“In '94, I'm at Heathrow Airport with my wife and I'm looking for something to read on the flight back. And I pick up one of Peter Lynch's books, One Up On Wall Street.”
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The Dhandho Investor
The Dhandho Investor by Mohnish Pabrai outlines a proven investment playbook focused on minimizing risk while maximizing potential returns through value investing principles.
Discussed“And so, the Dhandho investor was written from the perspective of how can we minimize risk while keeping the returns intact.”
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