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1、 巴菲特 （Warren Buffett）英文简 介Brief IntroductionWarren Edward Buffett , born in 1930, is an American investor , industrialist and philanthropist . Investors all over the world recognize the name of Warren Buffett. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, who is often c
2、alled the “legendary investor, Warren Buffett“. Buffett is the primary shareholder , chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway . He is consistently ranked among the worlds wealthiest people . He was ranked by Forbes as the worlds richest person in 2008 and is the third richest person in the world as of
3、 2011.Early LifeEven as a child, Buffett displayed an interest in making and saving money. He went door to door selling chewing gum, Coca-Cola , or weekly magazines. While still in high school, he carried out several successful money-making ideas: delivering newspapers, selling golf balls and stamps
4、.Buffett and Stock Buffetts interest in the stock market and investing also dated to his childhood, to the days he spent in the customers lounge of a regional stock brokerage near the office of his fathers own brokerage company. On a trip to New York City at the age of ten, he made a point to visit
5、the New York Stock Exchange . At the age of 11, he bought three shares of Cities Service Preferred for himself, and three for his sister.Education experience Buffett entered college as a freshmen in 1947 at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania and studied there for two years
6、 from 1947 to 1949. In the year 1950, when he entered his junior year, he transferred to the University of Nebraska Lincoln where at the age of nineteen, he graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After the completion of his undergraduate studies, Buffett enrolled
7、at Columbia Business School after learning that Benjamin Graham (author of “ The Intelligent Investor “ one of his favorite books on investing) and David Dodd , two well-known securities analysts , taught there. He received a MS in Economics from Columbia Business School in 1951. Buffett also attend
8、ed the New York Institute of Finance . WealthIn 2008 he was ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of approximately US$62 billion . In 2009, after donating billions of dollars to charity, Buffett was ranked as the second richest man in the United States with
9、a net worth of US$37 billion with only Bill Gates ranked higher than Buffett. His net worth is up to $47 billion in the past 12 months. Philanthropy Buffett is also a notable philanthropist. In June 2006, he announced a plan to give away his fortune to charity, with 83% of it going to the Bill & Mel
10、inda Gates Foundation . He pledged about the equivalent of 10 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, making it the largest charitable donation in history, and Buffett one of the leaders of philanthrocapitalism . Buffetts WordsWhat counts for most people in
11、investing is not how much they know, but rather how realistically they define what they dont know. An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes. 就投资而言，人们应该注意的，不是他到底知道多少，而是应该注意自己到底有多少是不 知道的，投资人不需要花太多时间去做对的事，只要他能够尽量避免去犯重大的错误。 Brief SummaryBuffett is not only a investor who is versed in investment, but also a philanthropist who has a great contribution to the world.His success cant attribute to his luck, but his profound knowledge of economy and stock market, and his long-term vision of investment.
