《The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life》

1939午的冬天，9岁的巴菲特在院子里玩雪。他把少量的积雪铲到一块，揉成一个雪球，然后把它放在地上慢慢滚动，雪球越滚越大…… 从此，巴菲特再也没有停下脚步，目光投向白雪皑皑的整个世界…… 沃伦·巴菲特，我们这个时代硕果仪存的商业领袖和投资大师，甚至在死后还会影响后世50年的伟大人物，终于向我们敞开了他的心扉。这本他生平唯一授权的官方传记，以从未有过的视角，揭开了巴菲特的真实人牛。许多年来聚光灯下高大的“股神”终于走下神坛，以他最平实的语言、最真诚的心，娓娓道来，讲述了他78 午人生巾最触动人心的故事，分享了他60多年商业和投资生涯中最宝贵的经验。 Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha.” Although the media track him constantly, Buffett himself has never told his full life story. His reality is private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees is true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an investor, CEO, board member, essayist, and speaker. At the same time he became the world’s richest man, all from the modest Omaha headquarters of his company Berkshire Hathaway. None of this fits the term “simple.” When Alice Schroeder met Warren Buffett she was an insurance industry analyst and a gifted writer known for her keen perception and business acumen. Her writings on finance impressed him, and as she came to know him she realized that while much had been written on the subject of his investing style, no one had moved beyond that to explore his larger philosophy, which is bound up in a complex personality and the details of his life. Out of this came his decision to cooperate with her on the book about himself that he would never write. Never before has Buffett spent countless hours responding to a writer’s questions, talking, giving complete access to his wife, children, friends, and business associates—opening his files, recalling his childhood. It was an act of courage, as The Snowball makes immensely clear. Being human, his own life, like most lives, has been a mix of strengths and frailties. Yet notable though his wealth may be, Buffett’s legacy will not be his ranking on the scorecard of wealth; it will be his principles and ideas that have enriched people’s lives. This book tells you why Warren Buffett is the most fascinating American success story of our time. 特别说明： 精装原版图书的毛糙切口，对于藏书者来说可是贴心举措！当你阅读后，可以将该书拿去给印刷厂在毛糙切口处重切一刀，黑色的手指印和因为阅读而形成的卷曲立即消失，一本崭新的适于收藏的图书出现了！ （读者可千万别误会这属于品质差的图书，所有亚马逊中国提供的原版书都是由国家规定的图书进出口公司进口的国外出版社正规制作的原版图书产品，与国外销售的产品完全一样，此类装订属于国外出版物的正常方式，目的是为了使图书更加美观并且便于读者翻阅。） Special Explanation: Rough cut is the practise of intentionally leaving the edges of the pages of a book or other publication in a rough "unfinished" state. There might be various reasons for doing this, but typically it is used to give a book a vintage appearance.