getAbstract

Advanced Search
Blog Blog | RSS Feeds RSS Feeds | Free Free Summaries
Subscribe

Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha

A Hedge Fund Manager's Dispatches from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

by Jeff Matthews

Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Pub. Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780071601979
No. pages: 312

Category: Leadership & Management
Download

In this summary you will learn

  • What happens at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meetings
  • What questions shareholders ask Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
  • What the two men answer
  • What is Buffett’s investment philosophy

Why you should read Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha

Hedge fund expert Jeff Matthews is one of the “Omaha pilgrims” who can’t wait to attend Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting each May. He sees Berkshire Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett as “John, Paul, George and Ringo, all rolled into one.” Buffett and his partner, Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, give everyone a good time at the “Warren and Charlie Show.” Usually the opener is a cartoon depicting the two men in some goofy escapade. Buffett plays the ukulele (on video). Board member Bill Gates signs autographs. Singer Jimmy Buffett (no relation) often entertains. The stockholders love everything about Berkshire, as well they should. A person who put $10,000 into its stock when Buffett took it over in the mid-1960s saw that investment reach $84 million at its peak, thanks to Buffett’s prowess. getAbstract suggests that – if you can’t attend the wonderfully kitschy annual shareholders’ meeting (first requirement: pay tens of thousands of dollars for a single share of stock) – the next best thing is to read Matthews’s book. Just learning how Buffett selects stocks would be worth the book’s cost even if it weren’t fun to read. And it is.

About the Author

Jeff Matthews is a hedge fund manager and author of the popular blog, “JeffMatthewsIsNotMakingThisUp.”

Rating    (what is this?)

Overall rating 8  (8)
Importance rating 6  (6)
Innovation rating 6  (6)
Style rating 9  (9)

Level of Expertise    (what is this?)

Level rating 1  (1)

Buy the Book

Click here to buy the book "Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha". If you wish to purchase 20 or more copies of the same title (not the summary, but the "real" book), please contact us at bulkorders@getAbstract.com. Make sure you include the title of the book and your phone number.

getAbstract makes it easy for you to access the summary of Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha any time or any place. Once registered, you can choose from a variety of download formats: PDF for your computer, BlackBerry, iPhone, Kindle, PDA or other handheld devices. You can even obtain the audio version of many of our summaries.
Subscribe today to gain access to this summary as well as many other compelling titles!

inivs
inivs
inivs
 
Subscribe
 
Welcome | How It Works | Browse | Corporate Solutions | Subscribe

Accessibility | Publishers | About Us | Careers | Press Corner | Testimonials | Shvoong | Bloomberg | Book Award | Gift Subscriptions | Contact | Blog

Disclaimer | Privacy Statement | Affiliate Program | Operating Agreement | © 1999-2009, getAbstract