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This was a great read for me as a huge Buffett fan but an outsider to the finance/investment industry. The author wrote this in a very straightforward easy to read and understand format.

A great book for investors of all levels of experience. You can learn a lot from the Oracle of Omaha.

I find this book very knowledgeable and trustworthy. I would not have thought of the ideas presented in the text in years, or maybe I wouldn���t have thought of them at all. Overall I believe this is a great read if you are just starting to get into the investing world, or even if you���ve been in it for 10 years.

An inseparable companion to Corporate Essays of Warren Buffett. The book does a lot to illuminate and develop the value investing principles within the former.

bottom line: Don���t read Corporate Essays without following it or preceding it with this book. It also helps that it���s extremely readable without being dry. The author truly does a service for veteran and would-be investors.

This was a great book, especially after completing my MBA. It will expand your perspective on business and investing. That said, I would recommend reading up on Buffet and Munger beforehand, so you have a sense of his life and business investments as you go through the 30 years of shareholder meetings.

Nice book

30 years of Buffett and Munger's wisdom complied in a single book. Great way to time travel and soak up on the wisdom of 2 wise men. I throughly enjoyed reading it.

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Jana

I always learn something new or think in new ways after reading Dan Pecaut's writings...his thoughtful dialog helps elucidate the philosophy and technical trends of the markets, and I am looking forward to reading his paen to Warren Buffet's influence on his professional life.

This book is a MUST read for anyone who has ever been, is, or ever plans to be interested in financial gain as well as the stock market and one of the greatest financial successes of our lifetime, Warren Buffett. However, this isn't your typical financial advising book, nor is it a biography of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Daniel Pecaut's obvious love of these two financial geniuses shows brilliantly in his book "University of Berkshire Hathaway."

Pecaut summarizes and details the most important aspects of every shareholder meeting that Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have attended, from when only hundreds would show up, to when tens of thousands would show. Pecaut supplies the reader with only the vital information of each meeting, giving us a rare and knowledgable look into not only the shareholder meetings and what is talked about at them, but at Buffett and Munger and their eccentric friendship and clear love of each other and the business they are in.

This book was fun to read, insightful, and rejuvenated my interest in finances as well as Warren Buffett and his best friend Charlie Munger.

A very nice overview of Buffet and Munger's thoughts and insights over the decades. Since it is a synopsis of annual newsletters reviewing the annual reports, there is a fair amount of reinforcement and a lack of retrospective on previous year's commentary. However, that also reinforces their maxim of never getting caught up in the macro environment while focusing on valuation, moats, and management. The authors are also willing to posit the occasional question and avoid a feeling of breathless amazement at Berkshire's rise.