Berkshire Beyond Buffett

Cunningham is a writer and scholar well known to the Berkshire Hathaway faithful, and he was Warren Buffett's pick for cataloging and organizing Berkshire's famous annual reports. Now he has taken us in a new direction, directly into the purchases of companies made by Buffett. An insightful and important book. -- Robert Hagstrom, author of The Warren Buffett Way
How did Warren Buffett build such a great firm? To unravel this mystery, Cunningham takes a deep dive inside the culture of Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries, highlighting the values of integrity, kinship, and autonomy-and revealing how building moats around the castles may help the firm outlast its visionary founder. -- Adam Grant, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, author of Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
Berkshire Hathaway's trajectory has been so seamless that Warren Buffett's professional transition has gone almost unnoticed. The man who began his business life as a precocious 'stock picker' has morphed into the chief executive of one of the largest collections of businesses in the world. Lawrence A. Cunningham's book astutely chronicles this development. -- From the foreword by Tom Murphy, Berkshire Hathaway director and former CEO of ABC, Inc.
An absolute must-read for advisors... this book is one of the great chronicles of corporate history...[an] excpetional volume. [Ranked sixth best book of the year] * Financial Advisor *
A timely contribution to a swelling debate? an encyclopedic history of the group's operating businesses. * Financial Times *
A detailed study of Berkshire's portfolio and an intriguing profile of the Sage of Omaha's approach to management, not just investment. * The Times *
Important, insightful, and clearly written... a major contribution to the management literature, this book should be read by managers of all organizations, business professors and students, business owners, and investors. * Choice *
There is much to learn from Mr. Cunningham's stories about the companies that Berkshire Hathaway owns. * The Economist *
If you're fascinated with growth strategies, you'll find few books more valuable. * Independent Agent *
A worthy read. * strategy+business *