Warren Buffett

1 book on the list

About the author

Warren Buffett is chairman emeritus and a director of Berkshire Hathaway, which grew from a textile maker into a holding company that owns Geico, Duracell and Dairy Queen, among dozens of businesses. He adopted Benjamin Graham's value investing at Columbia Business School, ran investment partnerships from 1956, and led Berkshire as chairman from 1970 until September 2026 and as CEO until the end of 2025. In 2010 he launched the Giving Pledge with Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.

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Book on the list

The Essays of Warren Buffett Warren Buffett and Lawrence A. Cunningham

Memos, letters and research

All research

Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters Berkshire

Essential

Warren Buffett's annual letters to Berkshire shareholders from 1977 to 2024, free on Berkshire's own plain website. They are the best course on capital allocation, insurance float and owner-minded investing ever written.

Letters Foundational Annual, each February or March; Buffett letters 1977 to 2024, Greg Abel from the 2025 letter on