“In this engaging biography, Roger Lowenstein tells not only how Mr. Buffett made it but how he has managed to avoid spending it—the most fascinating part of the story … a delightful portrait of a homespun capitalist.”

—The New York Times

“Lively, smoothly written, and elaborately researched … the best book by far on this legendary character.”

—Business Week (Top 10 Business Books of 1995)

“A delightful portrait.”

— The New York Times Book Review

“A significant contribution to the craft of biography as well as an illuminating and comforting story for investors everywhere.”

— Chicago Tribune

“Thoroughly researched and perceptive … a highly readable account.”

— Financial Times

“Lowenstein has accomplished something remarkable.”

— Los Angeles Times

“ Buffett throws a lot of light on the character of a man who is now almost as famous for his homespun aphorisms as he is for the prowess which has made him the second wealthiest individual in the United States.”

— The Independent (London)

“Lowenstein’s excellent … biography … burnishes the Buffett myth while deconstructing it with heavy doses of reality.”

— Barron’s

“Many people know of Warren Buffett’s riches and investment savvy. But here you’ll get to know the boy who searched the local golf course for ‘used but marketable golf balls’ and started a lemonade stand on a heavily trafficked street in front of a friend’s house instead of his own quieter street. And you can explore the psyche of a father of three who, while married to one woman, lived with another, among other personal details about the man behind the investments.”

— U.S. News & World Report

“ Buffett is a landmark portrait of a uniquely American life—a portrait that offers an enthralling, precisely documented, full-fleshed characterization of an American icon. It is a work that should be required reading in every business curriculum, for it relates directly to the current and future interests of individual and corporate investors throughout America.”

—Business Book Review

“Anyone who reads this will walk away from the experience with a much richer sense of who Warren Buffett is and what makes him a great investor, perhaps enhancing their own investment returns as well … one heck of a good book.”

— The Motley Fool

“As much a history of investing in the latter half of the 20th century as it is a penetrating look at Buffett … splendid.”

—Salon.com

“[An] excellent biography … [that provides] personal glimpses of a very private man.”

— Publishers Weekly

“Lowenstein does a remarkable job of telling the financial story of Buffett’s rise to securities fame … [in this] highly interesting, fascinating … near hagiographic biography.”

— Library Journal

“The first definitive, inside account of the life and career of this American original.”

—Ingram

“The prose [Roger Lowenstein] displays here is an admirable mixture of the clear-eyed and the poetic. The book is both empathetic and intelligent, without ever slopping over into fawning.”

— The Washington Monthly

“This work of art from Roger Lowenstein … chronicles the intimately private as well as the investing life of one of the greatest investors ever.”

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