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University of Berkshire Hathaway
Daniel Pecaut
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Step inside Warren Buffett's legendary shareholder meetings with this 30-year chronicle that Bill Ackman calls essential reading. Buffett himself autographs this book more than any other - a rare glimpse into the investment philosophy that transformed $10,000 into a $100+ billion empire.

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What began as intimate gatherings of just a dozen shareholders in the early 1980s has transformed into an annual pilgrimage drawing over 40,000 investors to Omaha, Nebraska. They come not just for investment tips but for a deeper education - what Warren Buffett aptly calls "Woodstock for Capitalists." The University of Berkshire Hathaway captures 30 years of wisdom from these legendary meetings, offering insights from two extraordinary minds navigating bubbles, crashes, and economic transformations while building history's greatest business empire. What makes this collection so valuable isn't just the investment principles, but witnessing the evolution of Buffett and Munger's thinking across decades. Their framework combines deceptive simplicity with profound depth - a rare combination that has produced one of the most remarkable wealth-creation stories in history. At its heart, value investing is wonderfully straightforward: find the gap between price and value. Think of it like shopping for groceries - you want to pay $5 for $10 worth of goods. The market, with its manic-depressive swings, regularly creates these opportunities. But what separates Buffett from other disciples of Benjamin Graham is his evolution beyond strict quantitative analysis. While Graham focused primarily on balance sheets and tangible assets, Buffett developed an extraordinary ability to identify and value the intangibles - management talent, brand power, and competitive moats. This approach deliberately ignores what most investors obsess over: interest rates, economic forecasts, technical charts, and market cycles. Instead, it focuses solely on business fundamentals and maintaining a substantial "margin of safety." As Buffett puts it: "When you build a bridge, you insist it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it." Perhaps most importantly, successful investing requires the right temperament more than raw intelligence - the discipline to wait for the rare compelling opportunity rather than swinging at everything that comes along.

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From Textile Mill to Corporate Empire: Berkshire's Remarkable Transformation

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The Art of Capital Allocation and Economic Moats

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Building a Culture That Outlasts Its Founders

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The Timeless Wisdom: Beyond Investment Principles

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