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Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great (1 hour CNBC Town Hall)
- duh 17y agoNeither of these guys have an MBA, why in the world did they do this at a b-school?
- falsestprophet 17y agoWarren Buffet received a MS in Economics from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, which is where this event was held.
- cloudkj 17y agoBuffet's mentor Benjamin Graham also taught at at Columbia. Buffet always speaks of Graham as one of the most influential people in his life. In fact, I watched a few minutes of the town hall last night, and he mentioned Graham at least 4 or 5 times.
- mrduncan 17y agoI'd imagine that CNBC chose the location and not Gates or Buffett. It seems like the most obvious place for them to hold an event such as this (excluding perhaps the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting). Edit: Apparently that came off as sarcastic, it wasn't supposed to be.
- dtap 17y agoPlease watch the video and say something insightful, don't just flame something about business schools.
- akamaka 17y agoI've watched most of the show now, and I don't recommend it. Lots of feel-good fluff, basic regurgitation of Buffet's philosophy, and back story on their careers that you can find in the introduction to their wikipedia bio articles.
- woan 17y agoIt is certainly something different hearing them say it rather than reading it in Wikipedia. I find their optimism very reassuring and enjoyed the Q&A format.
- ryanpetrich 17y agoIsn't nationalism great?
- btilly 17y agoI used to be amused at how the deeds of robber barons like Andrew Carnegie got forgotten and they were lauded when they turned to philanthropy later in life. I'm substantially less amused to see the process happening with Bill Gates. Warren Buffett, however, I've always liked.
- teeja 17y ago"A generation looks for guidance to the nation's two greatest capitalists." Oh please. Gag me with a spoon. The whole thing reminds me of Oral Roberts back in his Heal! days. Is this a student body, or a cult?