The Snowball

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• Inside the mind of a colossus

  There are two immediately obvious problems with this book on Warren Buffett, the greatest investor in the world: first, it is enormously long, and second, it is an authorised biography, so it might not dish the dirt. Don't let either objection put yo ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• The Snowball by Alice Shroeder

  As recently as 2008, Warren Buffett was estimated to be the richest man in the world. He gives away nearly all his fortune to charitable causes and calls those born into money "members of the lucky sperm club". What's not to like? Quite a lot, actual ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  No wonder why it is authorized

  It is like an "ode to Warren" kind of book. I read the first chapter, and decided to give up. The author was so scared of loosing her job (she works for him) that she only wrote good things and forgot the humanity of the character.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 864 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0553805096
• ISBN-13: 9780553805093
• Publisher: Bantam
• Pub date: Sep 29, 2008
• Also available as: Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书

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