The Warren Buffett CEO
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The Warren Buffett CEO
| Author | Robert P. Miles |
|---|---|
| Published | 2002 |
| Pages | 432 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Robert Miles interviews the operating managers of Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiaries — the people who run the furniture stores, brick plants and insurers — about reporting to Buffett. A portrait of extreme decentralisation from the receiving end: almost no head-office contact, cash swept upward, capital allocation kept at the centre and every other decision delegated. |
Where I heard about it
- @mastersinvest — on his “2025 Reading … so far” list (August 2025), in bold — his mark for “VERY GOOD” rather than merely read. Full list: 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
- Warren Buffett — seen from the operators’ side of the table rather than the shareholders’.
- Berkshire Hathaway — the subsidiary managers are the book’s interview subjects.
- Decentralization — the central mechanism the interviews keep describing.
- Succession Planning — written in 2002, when who-runs-what-after-Buffett was the open question.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.