"In this engaging biography, Roger Lowenstein tells not only how Mr. Buffer made it but how he has managed to avoid spending it--the most fascinating part of the story...a delightful portrait of a homespun capitalist."

--The New York Times

"Lively, smoothly written, and elaborately researched...the best book by far on this legendary character."

--BusinessWeek (Top 10 Business Books of 1995)

In September 2007, Forbes named him the second richest person in the world after Bill Gates. Yet Warren Buffett was an elusive figure before Roger Lowenstein brought him and his riveting life story to light. Buffett is more than a book about a billionaire’s brilliant strategy for success. It is an American epic about the inspiring and at times eccentric values of a business leader and investing legend. Now with a new Afterword reflecting on, among other things, Buffett’s recent commitment to give away his fortune to charity-- the largest such donation in American history--Buffett is even more of a revelation and remains an unforgettable reading experience.

INTRODUCTION 

1. OMAHA 

2. RUNAWAY 

3. GRAHAM 

4. BEGINNINGS 

5. PARTNERS 

6. Go-Go 

7. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY 

8. RETURN OF THE NATIVE 

9. ALTER EGO 

10. WASHINGTON REDUX 

11. PRESS LORD 

12. PARTNERS, REDUX 

13. THE CARPET WOMAN 

14. THE EIGHTIES 

15. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 

16. CRASH  

17. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO DARTS 

18. SECRETS OF THE TEMPLE 

19. HOWlE BUFFETF’S CORN 

20. RHINOPHOBIA 

21. THE KING 

22. SALOMON’S COURT  

23. BUFFETF’S TROLLEY 

AFTERWORD: JANUARY 2008 

NOTES  

INDEX