The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (ISBN 0553805096) is a biography about Warren Buffett by Alice Schroeder. This book was written in 2008, 10 years after Schroeder's 1998 meeting with Buffett. The Economist gave the book a generally positive review, although it said that "Mr. Buffett’s collected essays and annual reports would be a better place to start" for those interested in finding out more about the man. The book was also... more

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Alice Schroeder

Alice Schroeder is an American author, columnist and former insurance analyst. Schroeder is a Bloomberg News columnist who was until 2003 an influential analyst in the field of property/casualty insurance, as well as an expert on the effect of the September 11 attacks on the insurance industry....

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