Via MarketWatch, a look at the man called by many the Warren Buffett of Norway: Kristian Siem is considered by many to be the Warren Buffett of Norway. Since 1987 Siem has compounded his money at a rate of about 30% annualized, increasing his worth from about $5 million in 1987 to around $2 billion […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how China’s wild-east stockmarkets are more suited to cowboys than to Oracles from Omaha: AS THE second-richest person in the world, and with a half-century record of investing success, Warren Buffett is a household name worldwide. But in China, he is something more: a celebrity. In March a special edition […]
Read more »Via Barron’s Ahead of the Crowd, a look at a conglomerate that has long bested Berkshire Hathaway: Over the past two decades, French billionaire Vincent Bolloré has made a compounded 16.8% a year for investors through his investment vehicle,Bolloré SA (ticker: BOL.France) (BOIVF). That compares with 10.6% for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B). Remarkably, this comes after a […]
Read more »Via Ozy, an article on Kathy Xu, whom some people refer to as the woman Warren Buffett of China: In a cream-colored Hillary Clinton-esque suit, Kathy Xu looks like she means business — billions of dollars’ worth. Her heavy perfume has a whiff of what we’d imagine sweet, cold cash smells like, and she wears […]
Read more »Via the Asia Society, a brief look at Ajay Piramal, sometimes referred to as ’India’s Warren Buffett’: Ajay Piramal is currently the chairman of the Piramal-Shriram Group, a conglomerate that has ventures in health care, financial services, and information management, among other industries, and employs over 76,000 people in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan […]
Read more »Via Forbes, an interesting look at Allan Mecham: A short while ago I was at a wedding in San Francisco when someone came up to me, clasped my hand in both of his, and began thanking me effusively. He then introduced me to his wife, who also began thanking me. The reason? Just over two […]
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