i think buffet has called the afloat like the eighth wonder of the world. It's just whatever he's doing with it has built this empire. He never invested in mikosof even though he was really good friends with abiges through the late nineties. And so i a fully convinced that his 32 billion dollar apple bet in 20 16, which is now worth 150 billion and doesn't ven include the dividends, is the greatest, like, public market tech bet ever on a pure dollar scale rate.
Trung Phan returns to the show for a third time to discuss Warren Buffett’s $18 billion miss on Disney - twice!
He and James discuss the 92-year-old’s growth investment strategies focused on long-term stakes, reducing risk profiles, and increasing margins decade-over-decade.
Additional topics include:
- Warren Buffett's 1966 Meeting with Walt Disney (03:56)
- How Warren Buffet became CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (13:50)
- Warren Buffett's relationships with Michael Eisner and Bob Iger (20:00)
- Buffett's willingness to invest in a company "late" (30:24)
- How did Buffett's investment style change over the decades? (40:20)
- The story of Rose Blumkin and the Nebraska Furniture Mart (45:50)
- James' trading strategy to piggyback Berkshire Hathaway's positions (52:42)
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