The Warren Buffett Shareholder
Stories from inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
By Stephanie Cuba and Lawrence A. Cunningham
The Warren Buffett Shareholder
Stories from inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
By Stephanie Cuba and Lawrence A. Cunningham
Jacket text
In this engaging collection of stories, 43 veterans of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting explain why throngs attend year after year. Beyond the famous Q&A with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, these experts reveal the Berkshire Meeting as a community gathering of fun, fellowship and learning.
The contributors whisk readers through the exciting schedule of surrounding events–book signings, panel discussions and social gatherings–and share the pulse of this distinctive corporate culture. Spanning decades, the book offers glimpses of the past and ideas of what lies ahead. To learn about what makes Buffett’s shareholders tick and all the happenings at the Berkshire Meeting, and to reminisce about past Meetings, make this delightful book your companion.
Includes work by these bestselling authors:
– Robert Hagstrom
– Robert Miles
– Jason Zweig
– Joel Greenblatt
– Vitaliy Katsenelson
– Jeff Matthews
– Charlie Tian
– Whitney Tilson
– Prem Jain
– Karen Linder
About the author
Stephanie Cuba, who is married to Cunningham, and been attending Berkshire Meetings with him for more than a decade, is a real estate consultant based in New York City. Her real estate career spans development at Avalon Bay, investing at State Street Global Advisers, and legal advisory at Paul Hastings.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Cardozo Law School, writing accomplishments range from prize-winning non-fiction to freelance editing and popular advice columns for women. A serial entrepreneur, projects have included the Fireball Network, specialising in networking skills training, and MomUp, a coaching and mentoring program for young mothers. Cuba serves on the Board of Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Advisory Council of Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein College of Medicine.
About the author
Lawrence Cunningham's two dozen books include The Essays of Warren Buffett, which Cunningham self-published into an international best-seller that he has arranged for translation into a dozen languages.
An influential thought leader in both value investing and corporate governance, Cunningham's other notable books include Quality Investing (long time best seller with AKO Capital), The AIG Story (with Hank Greenberg) and Margin of Trust (which Warren Buffett singled out for special mention in his 2020 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders).
Cunningham advises companies, boards and shareholders, currently as the founder of Quality Shareholders Group and special counsel at Mayer Brown LLP. He has served on numerous corporate boards, of both private and public companies, including Constellation Software Inc., where is currently vice chairman, and Kelly Partners Group.
Reviews
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand the whole Berkshire phenomenon. The essays are well-chosen and readable, and collectively they help explain why Berkshire is a unique company, in so many ways.
Oh to be in Omaha come the first weekend of May! This smart and engaging book gives you 43 expert opinions as to why you simply need to get there.
An amazing collaboration. We know of no other company whose shareholders have teamed up to write a book about the experience.
A wonderful, readable book — and great fun — all about the greatest annual meeting in the world.
Larry Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba have composed The Playbill to the greatest Business Show on Broadway–make that Omaha–namely, the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meetings. Don’t even think of attending without it.
Media coverage
From Entrepreneur Europe:
Like me and our panelists, many Berkshire shareholders have been attending for decades. A few years ago, my wife Stephanie and I enlisted a distinguished group of such denizens to write a joint memoir, published as The Warren Buffett Shareholder. Robert and Tom each contributed one of the 40 essays and Carol wrote on the… Read more »
From ValueWalk:
Like me and our panelists, many Berkshire shareholders have been attending for decades. A few years ago, my wife Stephanie and I enlisted a distinguished group of such denizens to write a joint memoir, published as The Warren Buffett Shareholder. Robert and Tom each contributed one of the 40 essays and Carol wrote on the… Read more »
From Stock News Press:
“It’s their annual convention where they get to see each other, taste the products, celebrate the company”, said investor Lawrence Cunningham, a professor at George Washington University’s law school and co-editor of the book “The Warren Buffett Shareholder: Stories from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting”, with Stephanie Cuba.
From Financial History:
Lawrence A. Cunningham is a profes- sor at George Washington University and a member of the Financial History editorial board. Stephanie Cuba is a real estate consultant in New York City. The two, husband and wife, are co-editors of The Warren Buffett Shareholder: Stories from Inside the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting (2018).
From NACD Directorship magazine:
Lawrence Cunningham’s annual column for the summer issue of NACD Directorship magazine, including excerpts from contributions to the WB Shareholder book.
From Seeking Alpha:
The Boyar Value Group recently sat down for an in-depth interview with bestselling author and Berkshire Hathaway expert Larry Cunningham (author of many books including Berkshire Beyond Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett, and The Warren Buffett Shareholder).
From Money Observer:
As one Manhattan attorney and Berkshire shareholder observes: ‘You learn more here in a weekend than you do all year in New York.’
From The McGraw Show:
Listen to a great interview when Lawrence Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba talk about their new book The Warren Buffett Shareholder on The McGraw Show. They touch upon some of the fascinating essays from the book and remind us all of Warren’s great philosophy – people are more important than anything else.
From The D&O Diary:
While all of the essays are interesting, there are a few gems. I particularly liked the contribution from Tom Gayner, who has been credited with running Markel Corporation, the company of which he is co-CEO, as a “baby Berkshire.” Gayner recounts how early in his career he became a Buffett devotee, and how he came… Read more »
Contents
Preface
Chapter One: Writers
Jason Zweig – You're Not Alone
Steve Jordon – He's Just Like Us
Robert G. Hagstrom – Nobody Wants To Leave
Randy Cepuch – Our Personality
Chapter Two: Partners
Thomas S. Gayner – A Model for Markel
Mark Hughes – Common Denominators
Thomas A. Russo – Lessons from the Managers
Ingrid R. Hendershot – A Partnership Culture
Chapter Three: Readers
Jeff Matthews – Read Everything You Can
Phil and Beth Black – Let's Sell Some Books
Laura J. Rittenhouse – Mountains of Books
Jim Ross – Calling Charlie Munger
Karen Linder – The Women of Berkshire
Chapter Four: Speakers
Robert P. Miles – Accidental Impresario
Vitaliy Katsenelson – Next Year in Omaha
John R. Wingender – The Creighton Panel
Patrick T. Brennan – In and Out of the “Classroom”
Chapter Five: Professors
Prem C. Jain – Investing in People
Thomas Johansen – A Better Syllabus
David Kass – Students
Lawrence A. Cunningham – The Company You Keep
Chapter Six: Pioneers
Joel Greenblatt and John Petry – Value Investors Club
Keith Ashworth-Lord – Buffettology Fund
Charlie Tian – GuruFocus
Macrae Sykes – The Columbia Dinner
Whitney Tilson – A Reception for All
Chapter Seven: Managers
Olza M. (Tony) Nicely – My Mentor
Thomas J. Manenti – Leaving the Woodpile Higher
Bruce N. Whitman – Even Air Force Generals are Awed
Phil Terry (for Sam Taylor) – Sam We Are
Chapter Eight: Scholars
Robert E. Denham – The Shareholders You Deserve
Simon Lorne – (Why It's) The Greatest Show on Earth
Raymond Buck Hartzell – Profit and Purpose
Shane Parrish – The People You Want to Become
Chapter Nine: Patrons
Francois Rochon – Back to Our Roots
Andrew Steginsky – Building Traditions
John C. Bogle – A Shout Out
Chapter Ten: Legends
Charles T. Akre – Becoming Part of the Show
Daniel Pecaut – University of Berkshire Hathaway
Tim Medley – Berkshire Live: There is No Substitute
Epilogue
Contributors
Editors
Acknowledgements
| Published: | 20/04/2018 |
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| Edition: | 1st |
| Pages: | 264 |
| Formats: | paperback - ISBN 9780857197009 ebook - ISBN 9780857197016 audio - ISBN 0000000000019 |
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