The first time he “retired”, in 1956, Warren Buffett was 25. Benjamin Graham, the famous stock-picker who employed him, had closed his fund. The oracle of Omaha, as Mr Buffett would later become known, went home to Nebraska. His break from work was brief; he soon started an investment partnership of his own. But then […]
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who turned an aging textile mill into a more than $1 trillion conglomerate, said he’s “going quiet”, marking the end of an era for one of the business world’s most-watched investing gurus. Warren Buffett, chairman and outgoing CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. (AP) In a letter disclosing that he’s donating more […]
