When the two billionaires first met back in 1991, gates asked buffett to recommend his favorite business book. Buffett will leave most of his wealth to the gates foundation. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Bill gates recently shared on his blog that once, when he asked warren buffett what his favorite business book was, buffett instantly replied that it was business adventures. Gatess and buffetts favorite business book is out of. In 1991, bill gates asked warren buffett what his favorite book was. Your 2018 warren buffett book list the motley fool. Its being reissued next month, and the endorsements of these two business. Warren buffett actually gave bill gates a copy of business adventures because he thought gates would enjoy it as much as he had.
To this day, bill gates states that this is the best business book he has ever read. As a marketing professional, ive read well over 100 books on my craft alone. Gates calls business adventures by john brooks, for instance, the best business book ive ever read. Warren buffett and bill gates still say this is the best business.
Bill gates tells new grads to read this book that says the world is getting better. Apr 12, 2020 2 dirtcheap warren buffett stocks i just bought and why i plan to buy even more shares theyre two of the legendary investors favorite stocks. Top 10 favorite books from billionaire warren buffett medium. Top billionaires favorite books we study billionaires. Warren buffett and bill gates say this is the best business. Bill gates shares his thoughts on john brooks, author of his favorite business book business adventures, a collection of twelve stories that originally appeared in the new yorker.
In 1991, a certain bill gates asked warren buffett what his favorite book was. To reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of new yorker stories by john. Warren buffett and bill gates have a favorite business book. Given to gates by warren buffett, the outofprint collection of new yorker articles. Warren buffett and bill gates say this is the best. While bill gates has a schedule thats planned down to the minute. Enlightenment now takes the approach he uses in better angels to track violence throughout history and applies it to 15 different measures of progress like quality of life, knowledge, and safety. Apr 12, 2019 billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is still the best business book of all timeheres why. Twelve surprising and entertaining case studies are presented to give readers an indepth understanding of some of the most influential moments in business history. Back in 1991, bill gates asked buffett what his favorite book was.
Apr 11, 2019 billionaires warren buffett and bill gates both agree business adventures by john brooks is best business book ever written. A guide to the intelligent investor, security analysis, and the wealth of nations preston george pysh, davis, mackenzie on. I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. Published 50 years ago, it still remains relevant today. Jul 11, 2014 bill gates shares his thoughts on john brooks, author of his favorite business book business adventures, a collection of twelve stories that originally appeared in the new yorker. Jun 05, 20 two book chapters that changed warren buffett s life. Books extremely successful people read from president obama to bill clinton to sheryl sandberg 20 books that the world. May 08, 2019 what books made the most impact on warren buffett. Find out why two of the worlds most successful men love this book so much. Bill gatess favorite business book not long after i first met warren buffett back in 1991, i asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. Bill gates s favorite business book not long after i first met warren buffett back in 1991, i asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. Warren buffett and bill gates have a favorite business. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is still the best business book of all timeheres why. Warren buffett and bill gates still say this is the best.
In reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of new yorker stories by john brooks. In 1991, bill gates asked buffett for his favorite book. Words of wisdom from the partnership letters of the worlds greatest investor by jeremy c. Bill gatess and warren buffetts favorite business book. Bill gates reads about 50 books every year, mark cuban reads three hours every day, mark zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and warren buffett spends 80 percent of his day reading. Sep 04, 2019 warren buffett and bill gates still say this is the best business book ever written which might move business adventures to the top of your reading list. Gates had never heard of it, but it became his favorite business book, too. You probably know warren buffett as one of the most successful investors of all time, but did you know hes also one of the most voracious readers ever. The wall street journal gatess and buffetts favorite business book is out of print published. Other topics covered include the importance of dividends and diversity within the portfolio. These are the 10 books warren buffett thinks everyone should read for having. Wit and wisdom from the worlds greatest investor, second edition, by janet lowe, with warren buffett. The best business book according to bill gates and warren buffett. In response, warren buffett sent bill gates his own version of business adventures.
Jul 22, 2014 bill gates and warren buffetts favourite book is business adventures by john brooks. Warren buffett gave me this fantastic collection of articles that brooks wrote for the new yorker. Warren buffett and the business of life by alice schroeder. Billionaires bill gates and warren buffett speak with journalist charlie rose at an event organized by columbia business school on jan. Warren buffett has joined pal bill gates and 112 other billionaires in the giving pledge, a rarefied group that has committed to giving. Top 10 favorite books from billionaire warren buffett. Now, fortyfive years later, bill gates, in the wall street journal, is calling it his favorite business book. Warren buffett and bill gates say this is the best business book ever. Today, more than two decades after warren lent it to meand more than four decades after it was first publishedbusiness adventures remains the best business book ive ever read. A skeptic might wonder how this outofprint collection of new yorker articles from the 1960s could have anything to say about business today.
Here are three life lessons from bill gates and warren buffetts favorite book on business, business adventures. Which books changed warren buffett s way of thinking. This book is the textbook that warren buffett used in college when he. Afp its more than 40 years old and is looking a little rough around the edges. Nov 03, 2016 when bill gates first met longtime friend warren buffett in 1991, he asked for a business book recommendation.
One of the most useful stories in the book is that of the ford edsel, a midsized sedan launched by the ford motor company in 1958. Warren buffett inspired bill gates to use this effective. Apr 23, 2016 if you want to be like warren buffett and bill gates, adopt their voracious reading habits. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree on. Bill gates and warren buffetts favourite book is business. The oracle of omaha famously dedicates about 80 percent of his working day to simply reading and thinking. Oct 11, 2017 bill gates reads about 50 books every year, mark cuban reads three hours every day, mark zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and warren buffett spends 80 percent of his day reading. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is. Here are five of my favorite facts from the book that show how the world is improving. Bill gatess favorite business tales, in the new yorker. The endorsement of bill gates and warren buffett for the book, business adventures, should be enough to convince you to read it. When bill gates first met longtime friend warren buffett in 1991, he asked for a business book recommendation. To reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of.
Not long after i first met warren buffett back in 1991, i asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. If you want to be like warren buffett and bill gates. Whats on the essential warren buffett reading list. I had never heard of business adventures or john brooks. Bill gates and warren buffetts favorite business book. Warren buffett is featured in the bestselling book. Apr 20, 2019 are you looking for a business book to read. It is an accurately drawn profile of a man, about whom we know not much, apart from his visibility in the financial world. Jul 15, 2014 there are a lot of good business books out there, but there is a book which is one of the favorites of both warren buffett and bill gates, and youve probably never read it. But when bill gates first met warren buffett in 1991, thats exactly what happened. Jul 18, 2014 both bill gates and warren buffetaccording to an essay this week from gatescount john brooks business adventures as their single favorite book about business. Bill gates admitted he is yet to return buffetts favourite book more than 20 years after he borrowed it. This week, gates adopted one of buffetts favorite communication tactics and gave his friend the credit the tactic gates adopted from buffett is metaphor, a literary device through which we describe one thing in terms of another. Back in 1991, gates asked buffett what his favorite book was.
I read it more than two decades ago, and its still my pick for the best business book ever. Twelve classic tales from the world of wall street by john brooks. Though this book is most known for being on the favorite list of warren buffet, who called it his bible, it has also shown up on the favorite reading list of investments author whitney tilson, and billionaire bill ackman. Jan 24, 2019 in 1991, bill gates asked warren buffett what his favorite book was. Warren buffett on practically everything, 19662012 by carol loomis. Perhaps not the book youd think a billionaire like bill gates would. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates both agree business. If youre in the industry, check out my favorite book for new. If yes, then you might as well consider this business book.
Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969. Bill gates and warren buffett have been friends for almost 30 years. Reading financial statements for value investing warren buffett s 3 favorite books book 2 by stig brodersen and preston pysh 4. Gates asked buffett to recommend his favorite business book. Two book chapters that changed warren buffetts life. The two geniuses clearly enjoy learning from one another.
Although brooks was writing in the 1960s, his insights are timeless and a reminder that the rules for running a great company dont change. John brooks is still my favorite business writer, gates wrote in his blog back in 2014. Back in 1991, gates asked buffett what his favourite book was. The daily habit that made bill gates, warren buffett, and barack. Without hesitation, the berkshire hathaway ceo offered up his favorite. Warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is still the best business book of all timeheres why published thu, apr 11 2019 11. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates both agree business adventures by john brooks is best business book ever written. This entertaining collection of new yorker essays by reporter john brooks was buffetts reply to bill gates in 1991 when he asked him for his favorite book. Gates describes the book as phenomenal and the best. Books bill gates thinks you should read business insider. Although brooks was writing in the 1960s, his insights are. Gatess and buffetts favorite business book is out of print. Warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is. Indeed, warren buffett has joined pal bill gates and 112 other billionaires in the giving pledge, a rarefied group that has committed to giving the bulk of their.
While you might think this book is already obsolete, especially for millennials, you would not regret reading business adventures because it comes with timeless lessons and principles applicable to todays life. Gifted by warren buffett, bill gates once claimed that business adventures was his favorite book of all time. The result is a holistic picture of how and why the world is getting better. A guide to the intelligent investor, security analysis, and the wealth of nations paperback june 6, 2012. Other books have been written about warren buffett and his investment strategy, but until warren writes his own book, this is the one to read. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree on the best business. This week, gates adopted one of buffetts favorite communication tactics and gave his friend the credit. Warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is still the best. Its like better angels on steroids pinker was generous enough to send me an early copy, even though enlightenment. List of top 7 best books about warren buffett you should read. This book on warren buffett could be termed as a bible. More than a quartercentury ago, microsoft cofounder bill gates asked warren buffett for a book recommendation, and this was it. He says its warren buffetts favorite business book, too.
It gives the readers a most detailed insight into the life of warren buffett. If you want to be like warren buffett and bill gates, adopt. Jul 17, 2014 the wall street journal gatess and buffetts favorite business book is out of print published. And warren, if youre reading this, i still have your copy. The best business book according to bill gates and warren.
To reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of new yorker stories. Warren buffett and bill gates agree this 1969 classic is still the best business book of all timeheres why. Both bill gates and warren buffett consider it as their favorite. In this video well try to answer the following questions. Its no secret that bill gates and warren buffett have a strong relationship. Both bill gates and warren buffetaccording to an essay this week from gatescount john brooks business adventures as their single favorite book. Bill gates and warren buffett are among the biggest names in the business world. Oct 31, 2018 some links included here are from our sponsors.
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