Highlighted by extensive interviews with Buffett, as well as family, friends, and colleagues, a detailed portrait of the life and career of legendary investment guru Warren Buffett sheds new light on the man, as well as on the work, ideas, business principles, strategies, and no-nonsense insights that have guided his phenomenally successful business endeavors. (Business)

Pt. 1 The Bubble 1

 1 The Less Flattering Version 3
 2 Sun Valley 5
 3 Creatures of Habit 24
 4 Warren, What's Wrong? 31

 Pt. 2 The Inner Scorecard 35

 5 The Urge to Preach 37
 6 The Bathtub Steeplechase 44
 7 Armistice Day 53
 8 A Thousand Ways 59
 9 Inky Fingers 66
 10 True Crime Stories 86
 11 Pudgy She Was Not 89
 12 Silent Sales 96
 13 The Rules of the Racetrack 105
 14 The Elephant 110
 15 The Interview 123
 16 Strike One 129
 17 Mount Everest 139
 18 Miss Nebraska 151
 19 Stage Fright 163

 Pt. 3 The Racetrack 175

 20 Graham-Newman 177
 21 The Side to Play 190
 22 Hidden Splendor 200
 23 The Omaha Club 222
 24 The Locomotive 229
 25 The Windmill War 242
 26 Haystacks of Gold 247
 27 Folly 263
 28 Dry Tinder 278
 29 What a Worsted Is 287
 30 Jet Jack 294
 31 The Scaffold Sways the Future 303
 32 Easy, Safe, Profitable, and Pleasant 312
 33 The Unwinding 321

 Pt. 4 Susie Sings 337

 34 Candy Harry 339
 35 The Sun 352
 36 Two Drowned Rats 367
 37 Newshound 375
 38 Spaghetti Western 387
 39 The Giant 399
 40 How Not to Run a Public Library 416
 41 And Then What? 439
 42 Blue Ribbon 457

 Pt. 5 The King of Wall Street 475

 43 Pharaoh 477
 44 Rose 490
 45 Call the Tow Truck 505
 46 Rubicon 514
 47 White Nights 543
 48 Thumb-Sucking, and Its Hollow-Cheeked Result 562
 49 The Angry Gods 597
 50 The Lottery 619
 51 To Hell with the Bear 647
 52 Chickenfeed 665

 Pt. 6 Claim Checks 685

 53 The Genie 687
 54 Semicolon 689
 55 The Last Kay Party 702
 56 By the Rich, for the Rich 712
 57 Oracle 730
 58 Buffetted 752
 59 Winter 765
 60 Frozen Coke 773
 61 The Seventh Fire 786
 62 Claim Checks 806

 Afterword 831

 Notes 839

 APersonal Note About Research 929

 Photo Credits and Permissions 931

 Acknowledgments 933

 Index 937