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Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a U.S. investor, businessman, and philanthropist. he is one of the most successful investors in history, the largest shareholder and C.E.O. of Berkshire Hathaway, and is currently ranked by Forbes as the second richest human on Earth with an estimated net worth of approximately thirty-seven billion dollars.

Buffett is often called the “Oracle of Omaha” or the “Sage of Omaha” and is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.

Buffett is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 85% of his fortune to the Gates Foundation. he also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Grinnell College.

In 1999, Buffett was named the top money manager of the twentieth century in a survey by the Carson Group, ahead of Peter Lynch and John Templeton,. In 2007, he was listed among Time’s 100 most Influential People in the world.

Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1. he bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. he bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. he still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha ,
that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. he says that he has
everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. he drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5. he never travels by private jet, although he owns the world’s largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies.
He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals
for the year. he never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
He has given his CEO’s only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any
of your share holder’s money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

7. he does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time
after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.

8. Bill Gates, the world’s richest man met him for the first time only
5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with
Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But
when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
His advice to young people: “Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and
Remember:
A. Money doesn’t create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don’t do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don’t go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
F. after all it’s your life then why give chance to others to rule our life.”

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Warren Edward Buffett….World's second richest man facts

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WASHINGTON–Superinvestor Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway–who with his daughter Susan early on spotted presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as a comer– will headline a $28,500-per-person fund-raiser (to… Full Article at Chicago Sun-Times

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Berkshire Hathaway

For people looking for similar to Berkshire Hathaway, I suggest Markel (MKL).  It’s like a little baby Berkshire with a stock price in the three digit range.  Actually when you purchase this stock you are purchasing Berkshire Hathaway since the fund invests heavily on good stocks.  The CEO follows the value investing theories of Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham.  The price is at $353 which is close to the 5-year low.  At this price, it is a definite bargain and it won’t be there for too long.

What does Markel do? They are a insurance company, but they do ‘niche’ insurance. You won’t find them providing insurance for automobiles or health care. They insure weird stuff like derby horses, commercial buildings against disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes), high-value motorcycles, personal watercraft, airplanes, and even energy-producing activities.

If you look at the stock price, you’ll notice a huge drop in 2008. There was the immediate effect of wall street that brought the price down. In addition, there was the losses from insuring the buildings covered against the Hurricane Ike and Gustav. However, it still managed to pull off a profit for 2009. The secret sauce is lots of the company is just like Berkshire. They invest in other companies.

Tom Gayner, Chief Information Officer, follows the Warren Buffet philosophy. He looks for companies that are long-term profitable, high return on equity, and a low stock price. About $1.3 billion of the company consists of a large portfolio of big name stocks – 3M Co. (MMM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Campbell Soup Co. (CPB), The Walt Disney Co. (DIS), General Electric Co. (GE), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), PepsiCo Inc. (PEP), The Procter & Gamble Co. (PG), and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT). Markel’s largest holding is probably Berkshire Hathaway (898 Class A shares valued at about $91 million and 31,418 Class B shares, worth about $106 million). With a market cap is $3.46 billion, their stock portfolio makes up a huge source of their business.

For those that are looking to buy long-term stocks , Markel might be a good one to look at. You don’t need to do the research of individually picking the stocks. You got a financially savvy stock guru that holds billions of dollars to back up your investment. If you read their latest 4th quarter report, Gayner states that his company is ready to handle the rising inflation. He’s prepared for the future and I’m willing to bet some money to agree with that.

Warren Buffett has again given us his great knowledge into the future and all things beyond.  His 2009 statement provides his thoughts on the future of the United States, which is positive and his thoughts on the events that have occurred at Berkshire Hathaway for the past year.  He’s positive for the future of the US economy.  He even states that his company Clayton Homes will become more profitable.  His theory is that the amount of ‘housing starts’ has bottomed out.  He shows the amount of homes being built has decreased largely for the 2009 year.  This means the housing inventory is kept stable allowing for the foreclosed homes to be bought.  This stabilizes the housing prices and keeps current home owners from turning off their house.

Since the 50-to-1 split, Berkshire Hathaway has been making a sudden move up.  The price of the stock makes it an easy buy for index funds and mutual funds to add it in their profile.  As the stock improves, it will eventually move into the S&P 500.  This in turn will make S&P funds purchase more of it.  Hence you see the price moving up even with this bad economy.

I’ll be posting another article in the next day of a company that performs similarly to Berkshire Hathaway. They follow the same philosophy and are a pretty ‘unknown’ company to many. It should be a good investment opportunity for people that want a safe investment.