Charlie Munger
Also known as Charles T. Munger
Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway from 1978 to 2023; Warren Buffett's partner.
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Roles
Berkshire Hathaway (before)
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- Charlie Munger (1924–2023) was an American investor and lawyer, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway from 1978 until his death.
- Warren Buffett called him his closest partner and credited him as the architect of modern Berkshire's business philosophy.
- He founded the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson, chaired Wesco Financial and the Daily Journal Corporation, and was a director of Costco.
- His talks on "worldly wisdom" and a latticework of mental models were collected in Poor Charlie's Almanack (2005).
Key facts
- Lived
- 1 January 1924, Omaha, Nebraska – 28 November 2023, Santa Barbara, California1
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Vice chairman, from 1978 to 20231
- Other roles
- Founding partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson (1962); chairman of Wesco Financial (1984–2011) and the Daily Journal Corporation; director of Costco1
- Investing partnership
- Wheeler, Munger & Co.: 19.8% a year from 1962 to 1975, against 5.0% for the Dow, per Buffett's 1984 essay1
- Education
- University of Michigan (mathematics, left in 1943 for the Army Air Corps); Caltech (meteorology, Army); Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 19481
- Book
- Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (2005, ed. Peter Kaufman)1
Roles
Before
Leads until Nov 2023
Berkshire Hathaway (vice chairman, until his death) source on Berkshire Hathaway
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