I've never met him, but I love the simplicity with which Warren Buffett describes good and bad businesses and how he makes his investment decisions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love reading Warren Buffett's letters, and I love contrasting his words with his actions. He's a very wise guy.
When Warren Buffett invests in a company, he is conferring upon that company something very unique: his credibility.
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Warren Buffett is that kind of person in the business world.
Over the time that I followed Warren Buffett, one CFO told me, it's very important to pay attention not only to what Warren Buffett says and what he actually does - often there are subtle differences between the two.
At one point, I recognized that Warren Buffett, though he had every advantage in learning from Ben Graham, did not copy Ben Graham but, rather, set out on his own path and ran money his way, by his own rules... I also immediately internalized the idea that no school could teach someone how to be a great investor.
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal battles.
Our partnership with the American Warren Buffett, from my perspective, is aimed at creating more jobs.
It was a complete surprise when Warren called me at my office at Yahoo, and my secretary said it was Warren Buffett. I figured it was a friend of mine playing a joke on me.
Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett.
I'm so tired of talking about Warren Buffett.