Monday, May 19, 2008

Some trivia that you might not already know

Recently, we came across different kinds of trivia worth sharing with all of you. Not sure which ones you may have already heard before, but we think some of this stuff is pretty new.

TRIVIA

Did you know that Warren Buffett's dad wanted him to apply to Harvard Business School. It was a 10 hour train ride to Chicago where he met with the person who was to interview him, and was told to come back another time when he was older. He was still 19 at the time. So he rode 10 hours back.

Did you know that when Warren Buffett showed up at National Indemnity, there was only one person at work apart from the security guard? Everyone else was home.

When Warren Buffett was 13 or 14, upon moving to Washington, he ran away from home and engaged in some theft.

When Charles Munger was asked how he felt about being old, he remarked "I'm not going to complain about my age because without it, I'd be
dead".

Warren Buffett formed his 1st investment partnership at the age of 25.

The CFA Program was first proposed by Benjamin Graham in 1942 as a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA, founded 1937)

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