Appendix . Endnotes

Introduction

1.

“The New Establishment 50,” Vanity Fair, October 1995, p. 280.

2.

Ibid.

3.

“In from the Cold,” The Economist, May 23, 1992, p. 86.

4.

Bill Gates, “What I Learned from Warren Buffett,” Harvard Business Review, January/February 1996.

5.

Bob Reilly, “The Richest Man in America,” USWest, Autumn 1987, p. 2.

About Life

1.

L. J. Davis, “Buffett Takes Stock,” New York Times Magazine, April 1, 1990, p. 16. (Modified later by Buffett letter to author.)

2.

Bob Reilly, “The Richest Man in America,” USWest, Autumn 1987, p. 2.

3.

L. J. Davis, “Buffet Takes Stock,” New York Times Magazine, April 1, 1990, p. 16.

4.

Bob Reilly, “The Richest Man in America,” USWest, Autumn 1987, p. 2.

5.

Robert McMorris, “Unparsimonious Billionaire Puzzled by Warren Buffett,” Omaha World-Herald, December 3, 1987, p. B1.

6.

Linda Grant, “Striking Out at Wall Street,” U.S. News & World Report, June 20, 1994, p. 58.

7.

William D. Orr and Pamela Holloway-Eiche, First Gentleman’s Cookbook (Lincoln, NE: William D. Orr, 1987), p. 178.

8.

Ann Hughey, “Omaha’s Plain Dealer,” Newsweek, April 1, 1985, p. 56.

9.

Forbes 400, October 24, 1988, p. 155.

10.

New York Times, May 20, 1990, as reported in Andrew Kilpatrick, Of Permanent Value: The Story of Waren Buffett (Birmingham, AL: AKPE, 1994), p. 568.

11.

Robert Dorr, “Investor Warren Buffett Views Making Money as ‘Big Game,’” Omaha World-Herald, March 3, 1985, p. 1.

12.

Andrew Kilpatrick, Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett (Birmingham, AL: AKPE, 1994), p. 81.

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