Book description
Tap Dancing to Work compiles six decades of writing on
legendary investor Warren Buffett, from Carol Loomis, the reporter who
knows him best.
Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable -
and Fortune journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat.
When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little known Omaha hedge fund
manager in a 1966 Fortune article, she didn't dream that Warren
Buffett would one day be considered the world's greatest investor -
nor that she and Buffett would quickly become close personal friends.
As Buffett's fortune and reputation grew, Loomis used her unique
insight into Buffett's thinking to chronicle his work for
Fortune, writing and proposing scores of stories that tracked
his many accomplishments - and his occasional mistakes.
Now Loomis has collected and updated the best Buffett articles
Fortune published between 1966 and 2012, including thirteen
cover stories and a dozen pieces authored by Buffett himself. Readers
will gain fresh insights into Buffett's investment strategies and his
thinking on management, philanthropy, public policy, and even parenting.
Scores of Buffett books have been written, but none can claim this
combination of trust between two friends, the writer's deep
understanding of Buffett's world, and a long-term perspective.
Carol Loomis, 82, is at Editor-At-Large at Fortune
magazine, where she has worked since 1954. She has written extensively
on Warren Buffett since 1966 and is well known as the business
journalist on closest terms with him. For the past 35 years she has
edited Buffett's famous and eagerly-awaited annual letter to the
shareholders of Berkshire-Hathaway. Loomis' many honours include the
Gerald Loeb Lifetime Achievment Award for business journalism and the
Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society of American Business
Editors and Writers.
Carol Loomis
, 82, is at Editor-At-Large at
Fortune
magazine, where she has worked since 1954. She has written extensively
on
Warren Buffett
since 1966 and is well known as the business journalist on closest
terms with him. For the past 35 years she has edited Buffett's famous
and eagerly-awaited annual letter to the shareholders of
Berkshire-Hathaway. Loomis' many honours include the Gerald Loeb
Lifetime Achievment Award for business journalism and the Distinguished
Achievement Award from the Society of American Business Editors and
Writers.
