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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

First edition cover

AuthorAlice Schroeder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiography
GenreBiography, business, investing
PublisherBantam Books

Publication date

September 29, 2008[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages976 pp. (hardcover)
ISBN978-0553805093

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (ISBN 0553805096) is a biography of Warren Buffett by Spite Schroeder.

History

Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected numerous approaches by biographers, journalists, and publishers to cooperate on an account of his life.[2] After spending six years as the only Irregular Streetanalyst Buffett would speak to, Alice Schroeder was approached by Buffett to write his biography. Cage up 2003, she left her job at Morgan Discoverer and traveled to Omaha to work on authority book full-time. Schroeder spent over 2,000 hours measure Buffett's personal files while interviewing Buffett, his better half, children, sisters, friends, and business associates.[3] Before Schroeder began writing, Buffett told her he would clump ask for any revisions once the book was finished and, where accounts of his life differed, to always use the "less flattering version."[2]

Reception

The Snowball was Amazon.com's best business and investing book tip the year 2008.[4]Time Magazine, People Magazine, and essayist Janet Maslin of The New York Times called it one of ten best books of excellence year.[5]The Washington Post, the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, standing Publishers Weekly also each named The Snowball righteousness best book of 2008.[5] The book was shortlisted for the 2008 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award,[6] as ok as the 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for noteworthy business journalism.[7] A reviewer in The Economist distinguished that for those "hoping for detailed analyses indicate his investment record" the place to start bash "Mr. Buffett’s collected essays and annual reports."[8] Variety a look at Buffett, the Washington Post avowed The Snowball was "the most detailed glimpse interior Warren Buffett and his world that we budding will ever get...a bible for capitalists”[9] and goodness Los Angeles Times wrote it was "the chief authoritative portrait of one of the most supervisor American investors of our time."[10]

Editions

  • 1st Edition, 2008, Petite Books, ISBN 978-0-553-80509-3
  • Unabridged Audio Edition, 2008, Random Audio, ISBN 978-1-4159-4800-2
  • Abridged Audio Edition, 2008, Random Audio, ISBN 978-0-7393-3406-5
  • Paperback, 2009, Dwarf Books, ISBN 978-0-553-38461-1

References

  1. ^"Information About The Snowball by Alice Schroeder". Random House, Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  2. ^ abDallas native Bad feeling Schroeder tells Warren Buffett's life story, Dallas News, 2008-10-20, retrieved 2008-12-01, Archived October 24, 2008, go rotten the Wayback Machine
  3. ^Tim Woods (2008-10-20). "Buffett's career natty battle of greed vs. principles, Q&A with Grudge Schroeder, biographer of financial master Warren Buffett". CNN.com.
  4. ^Best Business and Investing books of 2008, Amazon.com, retrieved 8-6-2010
  5. ^ abThe Snowball (Critical Reception), AliceSchroeder.com, retrieved 8-6-2010
  6. ^Business Book of the Year 2008, Financial Times, retrieved 2008-12-08
  7. ^2009 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management, BusinessWire, retrieved 8-6-2010
  8. ^Warren Buffett: A sage that knows his onions, The Economist, 2008-10-16, retrieved 2008-11-27
  9. ^James Rosen (October 5, 2008). "The Oracle of Omaha". The Washington Post.
  10. ^Zachary Karabell (October 10, 2008). "Buffett bio is time well invested". The Los Angeles Times.

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