Rare Warren Buffett Interview From 1985

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Rupert Hargreaves
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In 1985, Warren Buffett made an appearance on Adam Smith’s Money World. In the interview, which was one of Buffett’s earliest television appearances, Buffett and Smith discussed a range of topics, everything from what makes a good investment manager, to Buffett’s investment process. The interview started off with Smith asking for Buffett’s views on what makes a good investment manager. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway replied by saying that it does not take “tons of IQ,” to be successful in the business. However, a manager does need “a stable personality and temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with…

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for ValueWalk