Warren Buffett amassed a net worth of over $130 billion, a figure made even more stunning by the fact that the vast majority of this wealth was built after his sixtieth birthday.

The year 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Berkshire Hathaway under Warren Buffett's leadership, a milestone worth commemorating. The tenure sets a record

Warren Buffett, one of the richest guys in the world, openly admits that his effective tax rate is lower than his secretary's. It's time to tell the billionaire class that if they want to enjoy the benefits of America, they have to accept their responsibilities, and they have to start paying their fair share of taxes.

As taxpayers we gave one of Warren Buffet's companies, in 2006, an interest-free loan of $665 million dollars, and he only has to pay half of it back 28 years from now. ...Imagine ...you bought a house in 1980 at the price in 1980. Up until now you haven't made any payments on the house, and this year you have to pay half in the... dollars you agreed to back then, no adjustment for inflation. Do you think that alone might make you a wealthy man?

Many security analysts still believe that agencies are a poor investment. Not so Warren Buffett, one of the most successful investors in the world. He has taken substantial positions in three publicly held agencies, and is quoted as saying, ‘The best business is a royalty on the growth of others, requiring very little capital itself … such as the top international advertising agencies.’ If

According to most estimates, he reached $1 million at age thirty, $25 million at age forty, $375 million at age fifty, and $1 billion at age fifty-six.

Warren Buffett has a mantra: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life. "10 Brilliant Quotes From Warren Buffett, America's Second-Richest Person " entrepreneur.com (13 November 2014)

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.” -Warren Buffett

We waste our time with short-term thinking and busywork. Warren Buffett spends a year deciding and a day acting. That act lasts decades.

Charles Munger, right-hand adviser to Warren Buffett, the richest man on the planet, is known for his unparalleled clear thinking and near-failure-proof track record. How did he refine his thinking to help build a $3 trillion business in Berkshire Hathaway? The answer is “mental models,” or analytical rules-of-thumb4 pulled from disciplines outside of investing, ranging from physics to evolutionary biology. Eighty to 90 models have helped Charles Munger develop, in Warren Buffett’s words, “the best 30-second mind in the world. He goes from A to Z in one move. He sees the essence of everything before you even finish the sentence.

O apêndice de Warren Buffett para a quarta edição revisada de O investidor inteligente (livro de Benjamin Graham) descreve um concurso em que cada um dos 225 milhões de americanos começa com 1 dólar e lança uma moeda uma vez por dia. As pessoas que acertam no primeiro dia recolhem um dólar daqueles que erraram; é feito um novo lançamento no segundo dia, e assim por diante. Dez dias depois, 220 mil pessoas acertaram dez vezes seguidas e ganharam 1.000 dólares. “Talvez tentem ser modestas, mas, nas festas, admitirão ocasionalmente, aos membros atraentes do sexo oposto, suas técnicas e os maravilhosos insights que podem oferecer para o estudo do lançamento de moedas.” Depois de mais dez dias, estamos com 215 sobreviventes que acertaram vinte vezes seguidas e ganharam 1 milhão de dólares cada. Essas pessoas escrevem livros intitulados “Como transformei um dólar em um milhão em vinte dias trabalhando trinta segundos por manhã” e passam a ganhar dinheiro com palestras. Soa familiar?

If Warren Buffet made chocolate, I’ll bet it’d be really rich. And corrupt.

Fifty-eight members of the Forbes 400 either avoided college or ditched it partway through. These fifty-eight — almost 15 percent of the total — have an average net worth of $4.8 billion. This is 167 percent greater than the average net worth of the four hundred, which is $1.8 billion. It’s more than twice the average net worth of those four hundred members who attended Ivy League colleges.