Author Alice Schroeder was a noted insurance industry analyst and writer who was a managing director at Morgan Stanley. She first met Warren Buffett when she published research on Berkshire Hathaway; her grasp of the subject and insight so impressed him that he offered her access to his files and to himself. Their friendship and mutual respect make her ideally positioned to write the The Snowball.Ms. Schroeder was born in Texas, and she earned an undergraduate degree and her MBA at the University of Texas at Austin before moving east to work in finance. She is a former CPA and lives in Connecticut with her husband.
“The mandatory book to read in these treacherous times of financial
crisis. . . . A thoughtful and intimate biography of the globe’s
wisest investor.”—Forbes
“Will mesmerize anyone interested in who Mr. Buffett is or how he
got that way. The Snowball tells a fascinating
story.”—New York Times
“If the replication of any great achievement first requires
knowledge of how it was done, then The Snowball, the most
detailed glimpse inside Warren Buffett and his world that we likely
will ever get, should become a Bible for capitalists.”—Washington
Post
“Anyone who has been watching events unfold in recent months—which
would be everyone—can now appreciate the wisdom of Buffett. . . .
The most authoritative portrait of one of the most important
American investors of our time.”—Los Angeles Times
“Even people who don't care a whit about business will be intrigued
by this portrait. . . . Schroeder, a former insurance-industry
analyst, spent years interviewing Buffett, and the result is a side
of the Oracle of Omaha that has rarely been seen.”—Time
Magazine
“Schroeder . . . has a meat-and-potatoes style that matches the
homespun wisdom of her subject. . . . Now more than ever, Buffett’s
emphasis on fundamentals seems like genius. It’s the perfect moment
for a great book on an immensely inspiring capitalist.”—People,
four stars
“Schroeder . . . is well equipped to elucidate Buffett’s deals
[and] Buffett’s life abounds with good stories.”—New Yorker
“You will learn a lot about one of the nation’s most compelling and
important men from reading The Snowball.”—Boston Globe
“In The Snowball, novice biographer Alice Schroeder gives us
one of the most detailed, candid life stories ever published. . . .
It is almost impossible to stop reading.”—Christian Science
Monitor
“A penetrating and personal look at the Oracle of Omaha . . . An
astute, and at times riveting, read—especially
now.”—BusinessWeek
“Everyone knows that in a deep and liquid capital market like that
of the US, it is just about impossible to beat the stock market
averages over anything more than the short term. But Buffett has
been ahead of the curve for most of the past 50 years, making him
one of the world’s richest people. Alice Schroeder’ s massive
authorized biography, The Snowball, provides some clues about
how he’s done it.”—Financial Times
“In this startlingly frank account of Buffett’s life, Schroeder, a
former managing director at Morgan Stanley—and hand picked by
Buffett to be his biographer—strips away the mystery that has long
cloaked the word’s richest man to reveal a life and fortune erected
around lucid and inspired business vision and unimaginable personal
complexity.”—Publishers Weekly
“This massive—and highly readable—text (produced with Buffett’s
full cooperation) is an unvarnished and well-paced biography that
is essential for all public and academic business
collections.”—Library Journal
“For students of the Oracle of Omaha, or even those looking for a
little reassurance during the crisis, Schroeder’s book is a
fascinating study of America’s most successful investor.”—New York
Post
“Alice Schroeder’s accumulation of detail, her vivid, artless
descriptions of people and places, and the resulting narrative
fluidity make this a compelling book. It has the bouncing vitality
of an early Sinclair Lewis novel.”—Times Literary Supplement
“An excellent and highly enjoyable look at the business titan . . .
If you’ve looked at your 401(k) statement and started to fear that
everyone in financial markets is either greedy, predatory or
incompetent, do yourself a favor. Take $35 out of the mattress and
buy a copy of Alice Schroeder’s The Snowball: Warren Buffett
and the Business of Life. At a time like this, it’s a real
comfort: Buffet is living proof there’s at least one wholly
rational person managing money.”—Houston Chronicle
“Ms. Schroeder does a good job of pulling . . . volunteered
disclosures out of Mr. Buffett but her real contribution is her own
investment expertise which enables her to make the convoluted
financing schemes over the last 50 years understandable to lay
readers and truly instructive to the business information
junkie.”—Washington Times
“This is a fast-paced, precisely drawn profile of a man who,
despite his high visibility in the financial world, isn’t someone
we’ve known much about. . . . We do now.”—Kansas City Star
“This massive—and highly readable—text (produced with Buffett’s
full cooperation) is an unvarnished and well-paced biography that
is essential for all public and academic business
collections.”—Library Journal
“Top-notch biographies demand thorough research and crisp, finely
honed writing. Schroeder exhibits both. . . . It’s hard to imagine
a more complete account of Buffett’s life had he written it
himself.”—Buffalo News
“Riveting and encyclopedic . . . The overall power of the story
carries The Snowball forward. There is much to be learned from
it.”—Wall Street Journal
“A monumental biography . . . Schroeder got the best access yet of
any Buffett biographer. . . . She deals out marvelously funny and
poignant stories about Buffett and the conglomerate he runs,
Berkshire Hathaway.”—Forbes
"The mandatory book to read in these treacherous times of financial
crisis. . . . A thoughtful and intimate biography of the globe's
wisest investor."-Forbes
"Will mesmerize anyone interested in who Mr. Buffett is or
how he got that way. The Snowball tells a fascinating
story."-New York Times
"If the replication of any great achievement first requires
knowledge of how it was done, then The Snowball, the
most detailed glimpse inside Warren Buffett and his world that we
likely will ever get, should become a Bible for
capitalists."-Washington Post
"Anyone who has been watching events unfold in recent months-which
would be everyone-can now appreciate the wisdom of Buffett. . . .
The most authoritative portrait of one of the most important
American investors of our time."-Los Angeles Times
"Even people who don't care a whit about business will be
intrigued by this portrait. . . . Schroeder, a former
insurance-industry analyst, spent years interviewing Buffett, and
the result is a side of the Oracle of Omaha that has rarely been
seen."-Time Magazine
"Schroeder . . . has a meat-and-potatoes style that
matches the homespun wisdom of her subject. . . . Now more than
ever, Buffett's emphasis on fundamentals seems like genius. It's
the perfect moment for a great book on an immensely inspiring
capitalist."-People, four stars
"Schroeder . . . is well equipped to elucidate Buffett's deals
[and] Buffett's life abounds with good stories."-New
Yorker
"You will learn a lot about one of the nation's most compelling and
important men from reading The Snowball."-Boston
Globe
"In The Snowball, novice biographer Alice Schroeder gives us one of
the most detailed, candid life stories ever published. . . . It is
almost impossible to stop reading."-Christian Science
Monitor
"A penetrating and personal look at the Oracle of Omaha . . . An
astute, and at times riveting, read-especially
now."-BusinessWeek
"Everyone knows that in a deep and liquid capital market like that
of the US, it is just about impossible to beat the stock market
averages over anything more than the short term. But Buffett has
been ahead of the curve for most of the past 50 years, making him
one of the world's richest people. Alice Schroeder' s massive
authorized biography, The Snowball, provides some clues about how
he's done it."-Financial Times
"In this startlingly frank account of Buffett's life, Schroeder, a
former managing director at Morgan Stanley-and hand picked by
Buffett to be his biographer-strips away the mystery that has long
cloaked the word's richest man to reveal a life and fortune erected
around lucid and inspired business vision and unimaginable personal
complexity."-Publishers Weekly
"This massive-and highly readable-text (produced with Buffett's
full cooperation) is an unvarnished and well-paced biography that
is essential for all public and academic business
collections."-Library Journal
"For students of the Oracle of Omaha, or even those looking for a
little reassurance during the crisis, Schroeder's book is a
fascinating study of America's most successful investor."-New
York Post
"Alice Schroeder's accumulation of detail, her vivid,
artless descriptions of people and places, and the resulting
narrative fluidity make this a compelling book. It has the bouncing
vitality of an early Sinclair Lewis novel."-Times Literary
Supplement
"An excellent and highly enjoyable look at the business titan . . .
If you've looked at your 401(k) statement and started to fear that
everyone in financial markets is either greedy, predatory or
incompetent, do yourself a favor. Take $35 out of the mattress and
buy a copy of Alice Schroeder's The Snowball: Warren Buffett and
the Business of Life. At a time like this, it's a real comfort:
Buffet is living proof there's at least one wholly rational person
managing money."-Houston Chronicle
"Ms. Schroeder does a good job of pulling . . . volunteered
disclosures out of Mr. Buffett but her real contribution is her own
investment expertise which enables her to make the convoluted
financing schemes over the last 50 years understandable to lay
readers and truly instructive to the business information
junkie."-Washington Times
"This is a fast-paced, precisely drawn profile of a man who,
despite his high visibility in the financial world, isn't someone
we've known much about. . . . We do now."-Kansas City Star
"This massive-and highly readable-text (produced with Buffett's
full cooperation) is an unvarnished and well-paced biography that
is essential for all public and academic business
collections."-Library Journal
"Top-notch biographies demand thorough research and crisp, finely
honed writing. Schroeder exhibits both. . . . It's hard to imagine
a more complete account of Buffett's life had he written it
himself."-Buffalo News
"Riveting and encyclopedic . . . The overall power of the story
carries The Snowball forward. There is much to be learned from
it."-Wall Street Journal
"A monumental biography . . . Schroeder got the best access yet of
any Buffett biographer. . . . She deals out marvelously funny and
poignant stories about Buffett and the conglomerate he runs,
Berkshire
Hathaway."-Forbes
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