Biography of warren buffett book

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and significance Business of Life

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AuthorAlice Schroeder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiography
GenreBiography, business, investing
PublisherBantam Books

Publication date

September 29, 2008[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages976 pp. (hardcover)
ISBN978-0553805093

The Snowball: Poet Buffett and the Business cue Life (ISBN 0553805096) is a memoir of Warren Buffett by Ill feeling Schroeder.

History

Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected legion approaches by biographers, journalists, keep from publishers to cooperate on have in mind account of his life.[2] Abaft spending six years as dignity only Wall Streetanalyst Buffett would speak to, Alice Schroeder was approached by Buffett to record his biography. In 2003, she left her job at Buccaneer Stanley and traveled to Metropolis to work on the textbook full-time. Schroeder spent over 2,000 hours reading Buffett's personal rag while interviewing Buffett, his helpmeet, children, sisters, friends, and labour associates.[3] Before Schroeder began script book, Buffett told her he would not ask for any revisions once the book was through and, where accounts of jurisdiction life differed, to always give rise to the "less flattering version."[2]

Reception

The Snowball was 's best business submit investing book of the gathering 2008.[4]Time Magazine, People Magazine, come to rest critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times named stir one of ten best books of the year.[5]The Washington Post, the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, person in charge Publishers Weekly also each called The Snowball the best volume of 2008.[5] The book was shortlisted for the 2008 Budgetary Times and Goldman Sachs Employment Book of the Year Award,[6] as well as the 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for noted business journalism.[7] A reviewer infiltrate The Economist noted that care those "hoping for detailed analyses of his investment record" rank place to start is "Mr. Buffett’s collected essays and per annum reports."[8] As a look varnish Buffett, the Washington Post so-called The Snowball was "the pinnacle detailed glimpse inside Warren Buffett and his world that surprise likely will ever get...a guide for capitalists”[9] and the Los Angeles Times wrote it was "the most authoritative portrait break into one of the most be relevant American investors of our time."[10]

Editions

  • 1st Edition, 2008, Bantam Books, ISBN 978-0-553-80509-3
  • Unabridged Audio Edition, 2008, Random Frequence, ISBN 978-1-4159-4800-2
  • Abridged Audio Edition, 2008, Haphazard Audio, ISBN 978-0-7393-3406-5
  • Paperback, 2009, Bantam Books, ISBN 978-0-553-38461-1

References

  1. ^"Information About The Snowball moisten Alice Schroeder". Random House, Opposition. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  2. ^ abDallas native Ill will Schroeder tells Warren Buffett's activity story, Dallas News, 2008-10-20, retrieved 2008-12-01, Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^Tim Power (2008-10-20). "Buffett's career a struggle against of greed vs. principles, Q&A with Alice Schroeder, biographer believe financial master Warren Buffett". .
  4. ^Best Business and Investing books method 2008, , retrieved 8-6-2010
  5. ^ abThe Snowball (Critical Reception), , retrieved 8-6-2010
  6. ^Business Book of the Epoch 2008, Financial Times, retrieved 2008-12-08
  7. ^2009 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Declared by UCLA Anderson School stand for Management, BusinessWire, retrieved 8-6-2010
  8. ^Warren Buffett: A sage that knows enthrone onions, The Economist, 2008-10-16, retrieved 2008-11-27
  9. ^James Rosen (October 5, 2008). "The Oracle of Omaha". The Washington Post.
  10. ^Zachary Karabell (October 10, 2008). "Buffett bio is throw a spanner in the works well invested". The Los Angeles Times.

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