Buffett
Subtitle: the making of an American capitalist
By: Roger Lowenstein
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780812979275
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers; Stockbrokers; Biography; Stock exchanges
Description: Chronicles Warren Buffett's childhood ambitions, Columbia Business School education, investment strategies, early investments, and affiliation with American Express, Berkshire Hathaway, and ABC.
Notes: "With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.

"Originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form in the United States by Random House...in 1995"--Verso, t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-467) and index.
Table of contents: title: Omaha; title: Runaway; title: Graham; title: Beginnings; title: Partners; title: Go-go; title: Berkshire Hathaway; title: Return of the native; title: Alter ego; title: Washington redux; title: Press lord; title: Partners, redux; title: The carpet women; title: The eighties; title: Public and private; title: Crash; title: A brief introduction to darts; title: Secrets of the temple; title: Howie Buffett's corn; title: Rhinophobia; title: The king; title: Salomon's court; title: Buffett's trolley; title: Afterword: January 2008.