Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway {{nyse|BRKa}} is a company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The Companys' business activities include underwriting of property and casualty insurance, candy production and sales at retail, newspaper publishing, retailing of home furnishings, sales of encyclopedias, sales of home cleaning units, manufacture and distribution of uniforms, retail jewelry, and manufacture, import and distribution of footwear.

Mastermind

Besides his regular meetings with his mentor Ben Graham, Berkshire Vice-Chairman Charlie Munger, Columbia alumni and investing friends such as Bill Ruane of Sequoia Fund, Walter Schloss of Schloss Associates and Tom Knapp, Buffett would also meet with his circle of business friends such as the saavy investor Laurence Tisch of Loew, Washington Post Chair Katherine Graham and Capital Cities's Tom Murphy.

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Charlie Munger - Bill Ruane - Walter Schloss - Tom Knapp - Laurence Tisch - Loew - Washington Post - Katherine Graham - Capital Cities - Tom Murphy

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Berkshire Hathaway holds yearly meetings that are heavily attended by these investors, many of them families. It has been called the "Capitalist Woodstock".

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Capitalist - Woodstock

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