Via Ozy, a short list of some folks considered to be global Buffetts: 1. Guo Guangchang The 54-year-old businessman who’s often compared to Buffet is a bellwether in more ways than one. One of China’s richest men and biggest investors, he was briefly detained in 2015 amid fluctuations in financial markets. Six years later, Guo’s experience is increasingly […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the $30bn merger of the private equity firm and the insurer that some liken to Berkshire Hathaway: When Expedia boss Peter Kern dialled into an earnings call last May, hotels were closed, flights were grounded and the new chief executive of the world’s biggest travel agency had […]
Read more »Via Business Insider, a look at how billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya is modeling his firm on Warren Buffett’s company: Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya wants to build his Social Capital firm into a tech-focused successor to Warren Buffett’s $400 billion conglomerate. “My ambition is to be our generation’s Berkshire Hathaway,” the Virgin Galactic chairman said in […]
Read more »Via Wall Street Journal, a detailed look at Jim Simons, an investment pioneer who looked to math and computers as ways to eliminate the emotional ups and downs of investing: Jim Simons sat in a storefront office in a dreary Long Island strip mall. He was next to a women’s clothing boutique, two doors from […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at a quant fund’s effort to crack the ‘value’ code: In a small basement office near Portman Square in London, wedged between the Grazing Goat pub and the Red Sun Chinese restaurant, a handful of eggheads are attempting to code a robotic Warren Buffett. The small team at start-up Havelock […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Munger who takes the opportunity to highlight the investing acumen of Li Lu [of Himalaya Capital Management LLC in Seattle] who has been a successful investor using Graham’s training to look for deeper values: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B 0.22% Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, 95, spoke to Wall Street Journal […]
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