Dr. Trueman E. Tryhus, Jr. lists The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, a biography of Warren Buffett written by Alice Schroeder, among his favorite books. Several writers approached Buffett about a biography before he finally asked Schroeder to write it, at which point she left her Wall Street position at Morgan Stanley. Moving to Omaha, Nebraska, Schroeder worked on the book full time, investing thousands of hours in research and interviews with Buffett, his family, and his colleagues. When it was published in 2008, The Snowball was named one of the best business and investing books of the year by Amazon.com and was praised by Bloomberg Businessweek, Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, and Financial Times, all of which eventually named it the best book of the year. The Snowball was also featured in The New York Times, People, and Time Magazine.

1. The Snowball: Warren
Buffett and the Business of
Life
By Trueman E. Tryhus, Jr.

2. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and
the Business of Life
Dr. Trueman E. Tryhus, Jr. lists The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the
Business of Life, a biography of Warren Buffett written by Alice
Schroeder, among his favorite books. Several writers approached Buffett
about a biography before he finally asked Schroeder to write it, at which
point she left her Wall Street position at Morgan Stanley. Moving to
Omaha, Nebraska, Schroeder worked on the book full time, investing
thousands of hours in research and interviews with Buffett, his family, and
his colleagues. When it was published in 2008, The Snowball was named
one of the best business and investing books of the year by Amazon.com
and was praised by Bloomberg Businessweek, Publishers Weekly, The
Washington Post, and Financial Times, all of which eventually named it
the best book of the year. The Snowball was also featured in The New
York Times, People, and Time Magazine.

3. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and
the Business of Life
Buffett, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway,
is one of the world’s most successful investors and, as of 2010, is ranked
the third wealthiest person in the world. Born in Omaha, Buffett later
moved to Washington, D.C. with his family, where he attended Woodrow
Wilson High School. Even as a child, Buffett demonstrated his business
prowess by selling various items door to door, and by the time he reached
high school, he owned several pinball machines in barbershops around his
neighborhood. Buffett bought his first stock at the age of 10 and, by the
time he graduated college, had accumulated the modern equivalent of
$90,000. As a graduate student, Buffett attended Columbia University's
Business School and the New York Institute of Finance. Today, Buffett is
known worldwide as a generous philanthropist and brilliant investor.