October 2012
Beginner
240 pages
5h 7m
English
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Contents
- Preface: Singletonville
- Introduction
- An Intelligent Iconoclasm
- 1. A Perpetual Motion Machine for Returns
- Tom Murphy and Capital Cities Broadcasting
- 2. An Unconventional Conglomerateur
- Henry Singleton and Teledyne
- 3. The Turnaround
- Bill Anders and General Dynamics
- 4. Value Creation in a Fast-Moving Stream
- John Malone and TCI
- 5. The Widow Takes the Helm
- Katharine Graham and The Washington Post Company
- 6. A Public LBO
- Bill Stiritz and Ralston Purina
- 7. Optimizing the Family Firm
- Dick Smith and General Cinema
- 8. The Investor as CEO
- Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
- 9. Radical Rationality
- The Outsider’s Mind-Set
- Epilogue
- An Example and a Checklist
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: The Buffett Test
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the Author ...
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