The Great Minds of Investing - Hardcover

Green, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3898799247 ISBN 13: 9783898799249

Publisher: Finanzbuch Verlag Gmbh, 2015

Synopsis

This landmark book provides a rich array of perspectives on 33 of the greatest investors of our time. It features William Green’s extraordinary profiles of investors such as Joel Greenblatt, Howard Marks, Irving Kahn, Bill Ackman, Mario Gabelli, Mason Hawkins, Jean-Marie Eveillard, Bill Miller, Mohnish Pabrai, Thomas Russo, Marty Whitman, Bill Nygren, John Spears, Tom Gayner, and Donald Yacktman. The book also features remarkable profiles of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger based on in-depth interviews by Gisela Baur, who has known them for many years. All 33 profiles are accompanied by stunning portraits by Michael O’Brien, one of America’s preeminent photographers. Over five years, O’Brien traveled the world to produce these intimate and iconic portraits. By combining photographs and profiles in this unique way, "The Great Minds of Investing" offers both a visual delight and a treasure trove of wisdom. It provides deep insight into the lives, minds and ideas of th

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About the Author

William Green is the author of The Great Minds of Investing, a new book on which he collaborated with the award-winning photographer Michael O'Brien. The book was excerpted in Barron's. Ken Shubin Stein, professor of Advanced Investment Research at Columbia Business School, praises Green's "superb writing" in The Great Minds of Investing, adding: "This book should be admired first, and then studied seriously."

William Green's writing has appeared in many leading publications, including Time, The New Yorker, Fortune, Forbes, The New York Times Book Review, Fast Company, Bloomberg Markets, The (London) Spectator, and The Economist. He edited the Asian edition of Time while living in Hong Kong, then moved to London to edit the European, Middle Eastern, and African editions of Time. As a co-author, he has collaborated on books such as Guy Spier's much-praised 2014 memoir, The Education of a Value Investor, which the Financial Times hailed as "highly readable" and Forbes.com called "the most interesting investment book this year." Raised in London, Green studied English literature at Oxford University and received a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He lives in New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Finanzbuch Verlag Gmbh
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3898799247
• ISBN 13: 9783898799249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144