Berkshire Beyond Buffett by Lawrence A. Cunningham Summary
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Discover how Berkshire Hathaway thrives beyond Warren Buffett through its enduring values. With unprecedented access to subsidiary CEOs, Cunningham reveals why the conglomerate's culture - not just its legendary leader - ensures its future. What corporate DNA makes a company truly immortal?
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The Oracle's Enduring Temple
For decades, Warren Buffett has been the face of American capitalism-folksy, brilliant, and seemingly irreplaceable. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, grew from a failing textile mill into a $700 billion empire spanning everything from insurance to ice cream, railroads to jewelry. Yet a haunting question looms: Can this extraordinary machine survive without its architect? Most assume the answer is no. They're wrong. Berkshire's real secret isn't Buffett's genius-it's something far more durable. Hidden beneath the headlines about stock picks and billion-dollar deals lies a cultural operating system so robust, so deeply embedded in hundreds of companies, that it functions almost like corporate DNA. Berkshire Hathaway exists because of wounded pride. In 1965, Buffett was negotiating to sell his shares in a struggling New England textile company back to management. They agreed on $11.50 per share. When CEO Seabury Stanton's written offer came in at $11.38-just twelve cents lower-Buffett felt cheated. His response? Buy enough shares to take control of the entire company. He later called it "a $200 billion mistake," admitting he let emotion override logic. The textile business was doomed, but this painful lesson taught him principles that would define everything that followed: never make hostile takeovers, never liquidate acquired companies, only buy businesses with excellent management already in place, and focus relentlessly on long-term economic value.
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