Diversification doesn't take a genius; successfully diversifying and building a brand is a different story. Lots of people who are successful in one area (prof

Diversification doesn't take a genius; successfully diversifying and building a brand is a different story. Lots of people who are successful in one area (professional athletes, for example) try to "diversify" and lose their fortune doing it. As you mentioned, Jay-Z was selling drugs at 13, but maybe there are actually more similarities between he and Buffet than seem readily apparent? Buffet told a few childhood stories in the interview, including one about stealing syrup from nickel Coke machines. Not that drug dealing and syrup stealing are truly equivalent, but if you consider the disparities in their circumstances at that point in life, they might be closer than it seems.