Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett

The definitive biography that transports readers into the world and mind - of the legendary Warren Buffett. The financial world's ongoing fascination with Warren Buffett is insatiable. Of Permanent Value hits bookshelves as the most comprehensive, informative biography yet on the investor who, through knowledge, savvy, and hard work, became the world's second-richest man. Avid investors will even find a chapter detailing Buffett's unprecendented investment record, quarter by quarter. Filled with fascinating strategies, compelling stories, and rare photos, Of Permanent Value delivers a hard-hitting but highly readable story of how Buffett built his empire - and what he plans to do next. It gives investors and Wall Street enthusiasts at every level: Behind-the-scenes stories of Buffett's remarkable rise; Personal details of Buffett's best investment moves; A candid examination of history's most successful investor.

Biographies & Memoirs

Andrew Kilpatrick

Professionals & Academics

McGraw=Hill

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/Monster Millennium Edition is a comprehensive 1,162-page, 300-photo update of this biography of investor Warren Buffett. It looks at Buffett's investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which is a huge insurance empire and which holds about $35 billion in stocks and $30 billion in bonds. Berkshire also has cash and other positions as well a string of profitable operating companies.

Of Permanent Value : The Story of Warren Buffett/Monster Millennium Edition

Andy Kilpatrick Pub Empire

This biography of investor Warren Buffett tells how he forged Berkshire Hathaway into a $100 billion company. The book uncovers almost all the Buffett legacy in 1,500 pages and 750 photos. It's called the California Edition because of: 
1. Buffett's backing of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California eletion. 2. The tracing of a group of Stanford Business School students who heard Buffett speak there decades ago. Their remarkable careers are followed in light of Buffett. One student turned over word-for-word notes from a talk Buffett gave there in 1978. 3. A rare interview with Harry Bottle, 84, of California, who was Buffett's early Mr. Fix-it.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/More in '04, California Edition

Andy Kilpatrick Publishing Empire (AKPE)

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2005 Edition is a fully updated and expanded biography of investor Warren Buffett. The book has 1,542 pages and more than 850 photos. The front cover features a photo of the 15.8 people who work at Berkshire Hathaway headquarters in Omaha.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett, 2005 Edition

The theme of this fully revised biography about Warren Buffett is books, books, books. Many works directly related to Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, as well as many indirectly related, are the focus. For example, a chapter about Procter &amp; Gamble includes photos and information about books written about P&amp;G. A good number of the more than 1,100 photos in the book relate to books to help move the story, indeed the odyssey, along. The muse for this odyssey is James Joyce's Ulysses. The cover is blue because the original cover of Joyce's masterpiece was blue. The back cover of the book sports a superb photo of Buffett and Bill Gates standing together at a golf outing.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett, 2006 Literary Edition

Insightful book from the greatest stock market genius ever.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2007 International Edition Volume 2

Andrew Kilparrick

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2008 Cosmic Edition/2 volumes

A completely revised and updated edition about the life of investor Warren Buffett. The book has more than 300 chapters and 1500 photos, 200 of which are in color.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2009 Woodstock Edition 2 Volume Set

Andrew Kilpatrick Publishing Empire (AKPE)

The book -- all in one easy volume -- is a completely updated and revised biography of investor Warren Buffett. Of the 1500 photos, more than 200 are in color. The first of 343 chapters is about Buffett's travels far and wide in search of businesses to buy.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2011 Travel and Adventure Edition

A completely revised and updated biography, this is the latest in a series published every year or two about investor Warren Buffett. The 2012 Odyssey edition is also available as a three-volume Kindle Select ebook. The book has 1,268 pages and more than 1,800 photos, hundreds of which are in color. The 339 chapters open with one about Buffett's more than $10 billion investment in IBM. Other chapters are about Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, Buffett's two picks to be Berkshire Hathaway's investment managers.  The front cover shows a photo of Buffett in 1951. Surrounding him are a few of Berkshire's products for modern odysseys -- a Burlington Northern train, a NetJets aircraft and a BYD electric car. The back cover shows Berkshire's employees -- all of them -- who work at headquarters in Omaha as well as Buffett's assistant, Debbie Bosanek, who famously has a higher tax rate than Buffett. Also, it sports a tongue-in-cheek plaque next to a Burlington Northern bridge in honor of Buffett's partner, Charles Munger. The third photo is of the 2010 IBM Annual Report which Buffett read and then decided to take a big stake in Big Blue.

Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett/2012 Odyssey Edition

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