Author Andrew Kilpatrick has fastidiously followed the career of Warren Buffett since 1973, the year that the famed investor acquired more than $10 million worth of stock for The Washington Post Co., where Andrew’s father, the late Carroll Kilpatrick, was a White House correspondent from 1960 through 1975.
The biography Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett details the personal and professional life of the man who built Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway investment company from scratch into a multi-billion dollar empire. Through the writings of Kilpatrick, readers glimpse beyond Buffett’s private, unpretentious persona into the mind of one of the 20th century’s true financial geniuses. The author illuminates how Buffett’s opinions influence government policies, his writings mold societal views on money, and the lasting legacy that he will leave the world via donations to the Gates Foundation.