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The most respected investor in the world is undoubtedly Warren Buffet.
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If others had to come up with inventions ahead of their time to be on the top of Forbes list.
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This man has been the second richest man in the world for many years in a raw by simply
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investing.
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And what sets him apart from others is that he started with absolutely nothing.
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Today, we will take a look at how warren buffet invests and how exactly he made over 85 billion
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dollars.
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But first, let's take a look at how buffet got into the investing first.
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Warren buffet grew up in an average family, so he quickly learned the value of money.
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At the age of 13, he started delivering newspapers, selling magazines and made a substantial amount
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of money.
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Which he invested later on into 40 acres of farmland.
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He realized that if he wants to grow faster, he needs to get into the business.
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When he turned 15, he used his savings to buy pinball machines and placed them in barber
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shops.
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Within few months he owned 3 different machines and then sold the business for 1200 dollars
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or over 16 thousand dollars in today's money.
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Fortunately, he was rejected by Harvard business school because then he applied to Columbia
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business school, where he met his Mentor, Benjamin Graham.
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Graham taught him how to win consistently in the stock market without speculations.
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His method was simple, find undervalued companies, stocks that are priced lower than they actually
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worth.
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Buffet quickly realized the potential of this strategy.
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So he went to work with his mentor at his investment partnership where he mastered his
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method.
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When Graham decided to retire, Buffet has already saved up around 150K dollars or 1.5
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million dollars in today's dollars.
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So, he decided to start his own investment partnership.
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He applied the same strategy.
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But in general, he was mainly looking for small companies that are doing just good enough,
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but still, are undervalued.
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Such as, Dempster Mill, a windmill manufacturing company which was a struggling business at
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a time.
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It was trading at 18 dollars per share.
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But Buffet realized that company's assets worth 75 dollars per share.
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So even if the company goes bankrupt, assets could be sold and he would still make a profit.
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So over the next couple of years, he kept acquiring Dempster's Mill shares until he
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became the majority shareholder.
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In order to make a good profit from his investment.
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Buffet changed the management, improved the operations and then sold the company three
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times higher, than the amount he invested (80 dollars per share).
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Buffet made multiple similar investments where he made a substantial profit.
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And in less than 5 years of starting his partnership, the value of his investments grew to millions
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of dollars.
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In fact, his personal wealth finally crossed a million dollar.
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After acquiring Berkshire Hathaway, his approach to investing changed.
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Instead of focusing on small struggling companies.
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He started buying more successful companies that are undervalued, such as the American
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Express.
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But, what actually brought him up to the top of Forbes list is the insurance business.
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Buffet realized that Insurance companies work exactly like banks.
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You regularly pay your premium for example, but only get your money back, if you get into
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an accident.
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So insurance's companies have a constant flow of cash.
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Which are technically considered liabilities.
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Exactly like the money you deposit into a bank.
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Suddenly, Warren Buffet found himself having access to an enormous amount of money which
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he quickly started investing in the right companies.
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And in the next few years, his personal net worth crossed a billion dollar.
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He kept doubling his net worth every few years by investing in some of the most successful
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companies such as Coca-Cola, Bank of America, GM and so on.
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Until he became the richest man in the world in 2008.
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Buffet didn't achieve that by simply speculating and hoping to win.
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But rather understood how the stock market works and consistently used the same strategy.
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