§'A brilliant book packed with powerful insights from the world's most successful investors'
Tony Robbins
'A profound, eloquent, and much-needed call for a reassessment of how we build our portfolios and live our lives'
Stig Brodersen
'A classic ... for generations, will define what it means to be a better investor and a better human'
Guy Spier
Billionaire investors. If we think of them, it's with a mixture of awe and suspicion. Clearly, they possess a kind of genius - the proverbial Midas Touch. But are the skills they possess transferable? And would we really want to be them? Do they have anything to teach us besides making money?
In Richer, Wiser, Happier, award-winning journalist William Green has spent nearly twenty-five years interviewing these investing wizards and discovered that their talents expand well beyond the financial realm and into practical philosophy.
Green ushers us into the lives of more than forty of the world's super-investors, visiting them in their offices, vacation homes, and even their places of worship - all to share what they have to teach us. Green brings together the thinking of some of the best investors, from Warren Buffett to Howard Marks to John Templeton, and provides gems of insight that will enrich you not only financially but also professionally and personally.
Tony Robbins
'A profound, eloquent, and much-needed call for a reassessment of how we build our portfolios and live our lives'
Stig Brodersen
'A classic ... for generations, will define what it means to be a better investor and a better human'
Guy Spier
Billionaire investors. If we think of them, it's with a mixture of awe and suspicion. Clearly, they possess a kind of genius - the proverbial Midas Touch. But are the skills they possess transferable? And would we really want to be them? Do they have anything to teach us besides making money?
In Richer, Wiser, Happier, award-winning journalist William Green has spent nearly twenty-five years interviewing these investing wizards and discovered that their talents expand well beyond the financial realm and into practical philosophy.
Green ushers us into the lives of more than forty of the world's super-investors, visiting them in their offices, vacation homes, and even their places of worship - all to share what they have to teach us. Green brings together the thinking of some of the best investors, from Warren Buffett to Howard Marks to John Templeton, and provides gems of insight that will enrich you not only financially but also professionally and personally.
Engaging ... Throughout the book [Green] underscores the central premise that originality is overrated when it comes to investing ... 'Nothing is more essential than our capacity to survive the most difficult times not only financially but emotionally' New York Times
"SELDOM SINCE JOHN TRAIN'S GREAT THE MONEY MASTERS, PUBLISHED IN 1980, HAS A BOOK PULLED SO MANY COMPELLING IDEAS TOGETHER FROM SO MANY RENOWNED INVESTORS. Based on interviews with dozens of well-known money managers, including Jack Bogle, Peter Lynch, Charlie Munger and Sir John Templeton, Richer, Wiser, Happier argues that good judgment is under continuous bombardment from Wall Street's propaganda machine. The cardinal investment virtues of independence, patience, skepticism and self-control come more easily, argues Mr. Green, when you emulate someone who obviously possesses those same virtues. Then you can cultivate what Mr. Green calls 'intentional disconnection,' forming your own ideas away from the crowd. This takes work, and he shows how."
-Jason Zweig, personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal and editor of the revised edition of The Intelligent Investor
-Jason Zweig, personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal and editor of the revised edition of The Intelligent Investor