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Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values Hardcover – Illustrated, October 21, 2014
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In a comprehensive portrait of the corporate culture that unites Berkshire's subsidiaries, Lawrence Cunningham unearths the traits that assure the conglomerate's perpetual prosperity. Riveting stories of each subsidiary's origins, triumphs, and journey to Berkshire reveal how managers generate economic value from intangibles like thrift, integrity, entrepreneurship, autonomy, and a sense of permanence.
Berkshire Beyond Buffett explores not only what will happen to Berkshire after Buffett, but presents all of Berkshire behind Buffett, the inspiring managerial luminaries, innovative entrepreneurs, and devotees of deep values that define this esteemed organization.
Whether or not you are convinced that Berkshire can endure without Buffett, the book is full of management lessons for small and large businesses, entrepreneurs, family firms, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Enjoy entertaining tales from Berkshire's 50 main subsidiaries, including Dairy Queen, GEICO, Benjamin Moore, Fruit of the Loom, BNSF, Justin, Pampered Chef, Marmon, Clayton Homes, FlightSafety, and more.
- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherColumbia Business School Publishing
- Publication dateOctober 21, 2014
- Dimensions5.98 x 0.88 x 9.02 inches
- ISBN-109780231170048
- ISBN-13978-0231170048
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"Fascinating look at Berkshire as an institution."
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“Fascinating . . . biography of both Buffett and Berkshire.”
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"An extraordinary portrait of Berkshire Hathaway, told through the companies’ distinct stories and the vital values like integrity, autonomy, entrepreneurship and a sense of permanence that they, and Buffett, share."
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"A great deep dive into Berkshire that breaks ground by showing Buffett to be an exceptional manager, and not just a legendary investor."
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- Publisher : Columbia Business School Publishing; Illustrated edition (October 21, 2014)
- Language : English
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- ISBN-10 : 9780231170048
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Lawrence Cunningham's two dozen books include The Essays of Warren Buffett, which Cunningham self-published into an international best-seller that he has arranged for translation into a dozen languages.
An influential thought leader in both value investing and corporate governance, Cunningham's other notable books include Quality Investing (long time best seller with AKO Capital), The AIG Story (with Hank Greenberg) and Margin of Trust (which Warren Buffett singled out for special mention in his 2020 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders).
Cunningham advises companies, boards and shareholders, currently as the founder of Quality Shareholders Group and special counsel at Mayer Brown LLP. He has served on numerous corporate boards, of both private and public companies, including Constellation Software Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange), Kelly Partners Group (Australia Stock Exchange) and Markel Group (New York Stock Exchange).
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In short,
S&P 500 has averaged 10% per year & Berkshire has averaged 20% per year. Compound that over decades and the difference comes to 1/2 a million % not 10% over one year.
There are some Buffett's functions that cannot be replaced as there is only one Warren Edward Buffett ( WEB). Here is a partial list:
1.Public Relations. Can talk to the President. Obama will probably not pick up a call from Buffett's successor
2.Tower of integrity ( results in true permanent financial value to Berkshire)
3. Bursts of Brilliance:
3a.Thought up the BAC deal when in his bath-tub! Made Berkshire > $ 7 ½ Bill.
3b.Bought BNSF which increased Berkshire per share earnings by 40% while giving up only 10% of Berkshire equity
3c.Hiring of Ajit Jain to run the Insurance Operations leading to no cost funds
All three of these added real value to Berkshire Shareholders. Would Ted Weschler be able to do similar ?
4.Buffett the teacher - a huge asset to the entire Value Investor community, not just Berkshire shareholders. Buffett addresses the inevitable changes that come every 5-10 years.We Value Investors will be 'lost' if Buffett 'retires'
5.Buffett is a fundamentally good man, a true living treasure for the world
6.Running the Annual Meeting, done with near perfection. A new CEO will take a few years to come up to speed.
In summary, I feel Berkshire will return > 15% a year over decades after WEB steps down from Berkshire ( assuming the index keeps returning about 10% )
All these points are my own opinions from attending Annual Meetings the first Saturday in May for 10 years, reading annual letters from WEB, reading books on WEB, thinking through,etc,etc.
Cunningham provides excellent insights into the underpinnings of this enormous enterprise and why we might expect reasonable returns to perpetuate beyond Buffett. Shareholders possessing any doubts should be encouraged to pick up a copy of this enjoyable read to gain probing understanding and reassurance of the depth of the Berkshire bench. Cunningham explains in digestible prose the organic forces at play lead by autonomous subsidiary management groups which almost certainly will assure continued success at Berkshire. The book also provides unique insights on the qualitative underpinnings of a 'Berkshire' business and helps the reader understand why these subsidiary companies possess the ability to outperform their peers. The book provides unique business insights on many different levels, but it serves best in helping the Berkshire Shareholder eliminate doubt about their Berkshire investment after Buffett and Munger are no longer with the company. (It might also serve the less patient as a preview of Buffett & Munger's widely anticipated vision on what they anticipate Berkshire will become over the next fifth (50) years expected to be released at this year's annual meeting.)
This books takes the reader deep into the culture of Berkshire Hathaway and shows how a seemingly disparate group of businesses share a remarkable and deeply enduring common culture.
The rest of us can benefit greatly from studying and seeking to emulate that culture in our own lives and this book serves as a wonderful and eminently readable resource and jumping off point.
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É impressionante como a disciplina de investimento ajudou ele a construir este império. Um dos mantras dele é a descentralização, ou seja ele so entra em negócios que tenha alguém que pode controlar o negocio como dono de negocio.
Too many names and details that may not be relevant as such but guess are important to set the right context.
However, the rest of the book is dull and reads a little like a broschure for Berkshire. I honestly don't know what the latter part of the book is trying to accomplish. I kept on having to force myself to continue reading hoping for something worth the time. All seems repetitive.
My tip, enjoy the first 50 Pages.




