[pdf] The Snowball: Warren Buffett And The Business of Life,1st ed

Here is THE audiobook recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha.”…

Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett, anointed as the world's richest man (but actually probably is second richest next to Bill Gates), is must reading for anyone who wants to gain an appreciation of the world of finance and, specifically, our current economic crisis. Buffett was one of the first to see the dangers of derivatives and their impact on the big banks of America and the world.

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