The Warren Buffett Shareholder

Description

In this engaging collection of stories, 43 veterans of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting explain why throngs attend year after year. Beyond the famous Q&A with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, these experts reveal the Berkshire Meeting as a community gathering of fun, fellowship and learning.
The contributors whisk readers through the exciting schedule of surrounding events–book signings, panel discussions and social gatherings–and share the pulse of this distinctive corporate culture. Spanning decades, the book offers glimpses of the past and ideas of what lies ahead. To learn about what makes Buffett’s shareholders tick and all the happenings at the Berkshire Meeting, and to reminisce about past Meetings, make this delightful book your companion.
Includes work by these bestselling authors:
– Robert Hagstrom
– Robert Miles
– Jason Zweig
– Joel Greenblatt
– Vitaliy Katsenelson
– Jeff Matthews
– Charlie Tian
– Whitney Tilson
– Prem Jain
– Karen Linder

Lawrence A. Cunningham is well-known to Berkshire shareholders and other followers of Warren Buffett. A business law professor and consultant based in New York City and Washington DC, his acclaimed books include The Essays of Warren Buffett, which Buffett calls the “gold standard” in books of the genre, and Berkshire Beyond Buffett, both of which Buffett has designated for sale inside the Berkshire Annual Meeting. A member of the George Washington University faculty, Cunningham is the Founding Director of GW in New York, an intensive training program for aspiring Wall Street lawyers.
A graduate of the University of Delaware and Cardozo Law School and former corporate lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Cunningham consults on corporate governance and has served on several boards, private and public, currently including Constellation Software Inc. He also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council of the University of Delaware College of Business and is a Trustee of the Museum of American Finance.
Stephanie Cuba, who is married to Cunningham, and been attending Berkshire Meetings with him for more than a decade, is a real estate consultant based in New York City. Her real estate career spans development at Avalon Bay, investing at State Street Global Advisers, and legal advisory at Paul Hastings.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Cardozo Law School, writing accomplishments range from prize-winning non-fiction to freelance editing and popular advice columns for women. A serial entrepreneur, projects have included the Fireball Network, specialising in networking skills training, and MomUp, a coaching and mentoring program for young mothers. Cuba serves on the Board of Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Advisory Council of Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein College of Medicine.

“Larry Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba have composed The Playbill to the greatest Business Show on Broadway–make that Omaha–namely, the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meetings. Don’t even think of attending without it.” —Roger Lowenstein, Author, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist“An amazing collaboration. We know of no other company whose shareholders have teamed up to write a book about the experience.” —Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GAMCO Investors, Inc.“A wonderful, readable book — and great fun — all about the greatest annual meeting in the world.” —Andrew Kilpatrick, Author, Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett“Oh to be in Omaha come the first weekend of May! This smart and engaging book gives you 43 expert opinions as to why you simply need to get there.” —Carol Loomis, retired Senior EditoratLarge, Fortune Magazine“I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand the whole Berkshire phenomenon. The essays are well-chosen and readable, and collectively they help explain why Berkshire is a unique company, in so many ways.” —Kevin M. LaCroix, The D&O Diary