Buffett’s Early Investments
A new investigation into the decades when Warren Buffett earned his best returns
By Brett Gardner
Buffett’s Early Investments
A new investigation into the decades when Warren Buffett earned his best returns
By Brett Gardner
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Buffett’s Early Investments investigates ten investments that legendary investor Warren Buffett made in the 1950s and 1960s—earning him his first millions—and uncovers unique insights in the process.
Using the same documents Buffett used when he made these investments, the author reveals the fascinating inside stories of:
– How Philadelphia and Reading, Buffett’s largest investment in 1954, transformed from a declining coal company to a diversified conglomerate whose stock went up twentyfold due to the intervention of Buffett’s mentor, Ben Graham.
– How Buffett and Charlie Munger made their first formal investment together in Hochschild-Kohn.
– How corporate governance issues actually presented serious risk to Buffett’s 1966 investment in Walt Disney.
Other investments analyzed include American Express, British Columbia Power, Cleveland Worsted Mills, Greif Bros, Marshall-Wells, Studebaker, and Union Street Railway. Not all of these investments worked out—this book shows why.
Buffett’s Early Investments helps readers understand how history’s greatest ever investor really made his returns in the years where he produced his best numbers.
About the author
Brett Gardner is an investment analyst who has worked at multiple investment firms. Brett has made investments across the capital structure deploying value investing principles and has led activist campaigns against publicly traded companies. He bought his first stock when he was 16 years old. Brett graduated from St. John’s University within three years of matriculation. Brett currently resides in New York City. Buffett’s Early Investments is his first book.
Media coverage
From Wall Street Journal:
That’s one of the messages of a new book about the methods and thinking of an investor at the beginning of an extraordinary career. “Buffett’s Early Investments,” by Brett Gardner, looks at 10 of the companies Warren Buffett bet on between 1950 and 1966, when he was in his 20s and 30s.
From We Study Billionaires:
In today’s episode, Clay reviews Brett Gardner’s new book, Buffett’s Early Investments. Brett is an Analyst at Discerene Group LP, a private investment partnership that invests globally based on a fundamental and long-term value investing philosophy. Like us here at TIP, Brett is also a huge fan of Warren Buffett. During Buffett’s early partnership years… Read more »
From Financial Times:
The book’s unique value lies in its case studies of pivotal investments that shapes Buffett’s principles, including in companies such as American Express and Walt Disney.
From Forbes:
Long-term thinking pays off. Gardner examines Buffett’s early investments, revealing the strategies that led to his massive success. Entrepreneurs looking to grow their wealth will find value in Buffett’s disciplined approach, including his two list strategy, and knack for finding lucrative opportunities.
From Kingswell:
One of my most anticipated books of the year, Buffett’s Early Investments by Brett Gardner, comes out next week. Gardner has thoroughly researched and analyzed ten of Warren Buffett’s earliest investments (hence the title) and traced how these successes and failures paved the Oracle’s way to greatness.
From Yahoo! Finance:
A new book, “Buffett’s Early Investment,” by author Brett Gardner, carefully examines the transaction and its financial implications. It also sheds light on Baltimore in the 1960s and, among other realities, the city’s continuing population drop.
From Wall Street Journal:
That’s one of the messages of a new book about the methods and thinking of an investor at the beginning of an extraordinary career. “Buffett’s Early Investments,” by Brett Gardner, looks at 10 of the companies Warren Buffett bet on between 1950 and 1966, when he was in his 20s and 30s.
From Wall Street Journal:
That’s one of the messages of a new book about the methods and thinking of an investor at the beginning of an extraordinary career. “Buffett’s Early Investments,” by Brett Gardner, looks at 10 of the companies Warren Buffett bet on between 1950 and 1966, when he was in his 20s and 30s.
From Wall Street Journal:
That’s one of the messages of a new book about the methods and thinking of an investor at the beginning of an extraordinary career. “Buffett’s Early Investments,” by Brett Gardner, looks at 10 of the companies Warren Buffett bet on between 1950 and 1966, when he was in his 20s and 30s.
| Published: | 05/11/2024 |
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| Formats: | hardback - ISBN 9781804090572 ebook - ISBN 9781804090589 |
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