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The Oracle: The Complete Story of Warren Buffett | Documentary

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Get your $5 sign-up bonus at http://privacy.com/finaius. You can use it on your first purchase! Privacy has a free plan with no transaction fees for domestic purchases. Protect your financial identity online with virtual cards.For sixty years, Warren Buffett turned a failing textile mill into a trillion-dollar empire — and convinced the world he was just a folksy grandfather from Omaha. This is the full story: the abusive childhood he never discussed, the companies he gutted, the town that hated him, the scandals he survived, and the brand he built so carefully that it eventually moved entire markets by itself. The Oracle has gone quiet.𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 👉 https://www.capitalizedmedia.com/offerGet my book 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 on Amazon 👉 https://amzn.to/44yxJarPodcast on Spotify 🟢 - https://open.spotify.com/show/033NjPC8nilxLqocEw84uD ~CHAPTERS~00:00 The Real Warren Buffett01:25 Sanborn Maps: His First Corporate Raid04:50 Omaha: The Broker's Son06:33 Leila Buffett and a House of Fear08:28 Washington, Rebellion, and His Father's Disappointment09:57 Paper Routes, Pinball, and the First $5,00010:44 Wharton, Nebraska, and Columbia11:50 Benjamin Graham and the Birth of Value Investing12:59 Working for Graham: Hunting Cigar Butts13:48 The Rockwood Cocoa Bean Arbitrage17:52 Graham Retires — Buffett Goes Out Alone21:14 National American: Knocking on Farmers' Doors22:59 Dempster Mill and the Town That Hated Him24:45 Enter Charlie Munger26:17 The Beatrice Strike28:34 American Express and the Salad Oil Scandal33:10 Berkshire Hathaway: The Grudge Purchase36:40 Blue Chip Stamps and the Power of Float38:32 Shutting Down the Partnership41:06 See's Candies: The Deal That Changed Everything42:48 Buying Wesco44:21 The SEC Comes After Buffett and Munger46:59 Buffalo Evening News and the End of the Textile Mill48:13 The 1980s: Becoming a Billionaire50:05 Salomon Brothers: Renting Out the Brand52:12 Black Monday and the Coca-Cola Bet53:45 The Salomon Scandal56:36 The Richest Man in America58:19 The Dot-Com Bubble and the Gen Re Disaster1:00:03 September 11th1:02:38 2008: Wall Street Calls Buffett1:03:53 Apple, and Becoming the Market1:05:57 The 2022 Reckoning1:07:07 The Death of Charlie Munger1:08:49 The Final Years: Selling Everything1:09:39 The Succession: Greg Abel1:10:44 The Oracle Goes Quiet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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