Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational conglomerate holding company that is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Basically, this is a parent company and owns a variety of companies involved in different businesses. They are led by the wonderful Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger. This company either owns a whole company or owns a significant number of shares. For example, They wholly own GEICO, Dairy Queen, BNSF Railway, Lubrizol, Fruit of the Loom, Helzberg Diamonds, Long & Foster, Flight Safety…

Ethical Situation Bernie Madoff is a prime example of an ethical situation involving a salesperson with a real world company. This man founded a Wall Street firm, in his name, and was the chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. His employees surrounding his business included family members such as a brother, niece, daughter and sons. The firm was a well-known marketing business and he was an individual who was trusted among his peer. At the start of his…

The purpose of the essay is to evaluate the leadership style of Mark Zuckerberg. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was termed as a person of the ‘year by TIME’. Mark Zuckerberg’s current net worth is $28.5 billion as per the records of Forbes, which makes him as one of the youngest billionaires in the world (Forbes.com. 2017). On the other hand, Zuckerberg et al. (2016) asserted that Mark Zuckerberg has also received various criticisms for cyber crime and profile hacking issues of its users. The essay…

Jack Welch Former chairman and chief executive officer, General Electric Company When we think of Jack Welch than we think as one of the most successful business leaders in the 20th century, recognized and awarded by Forbs magazine (McKelvey, 2010) and wildly recognized as the best CEO in the world. He had been appointed in 1981 as the youngest CEO in General Electrics. During his time, he managed to increase the company value from $13 billion to $480 billion as the biggest company worldwide.…

Mark Cuban was born in Pittsburgh in 1958. He lived with his father who worked at a car upholstery shop. His grandfather was very important in his upbringing. His grandfather, Morris Chobanisky, emigrated from Russia and provided for his family by selling merchandise out of his truck. Cuban learned a lot from his grandfather including persistence for making deals and a better life for himself. Cuban was an entrepreneur since Elementary school. At the age of 12, Cuban sold sets of garbage bags…

It may seem odd to think that without Bill Gates this world may never have come to the technological advancements that east today. Bill Gates was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle. He and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. Bill Gates never finished college but went on to become the richest man alive, changing the world through technological innovation and business strategies and helping the less fortunate through charities and donations. Bill Gates did not even finished college but that…

Steve Jobs is an influential person because of his smart choices, his successful company, his work as a entrepreneur, and his determination. Steve Jobs was one of the world’s richest men with a total of $31.8 billion. He was the prideful owner of Apple and even started at age 20 with some of his friends. Even though starting didn’t go so well he kept going and started growing. He also made a lot of brilliant choices to help him grow in more and more fame. Steve Jobs is an influential person…

own ethos. Once they feel as if “moral obligation” is met in society, they affirm that they have good morals, leading to a higher level of happiness or a better “good life.” Yet, philanthropy also provides emotional satisfaction. For example, the “Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and the Billionaire Challenge” discusses the emotional gratification one feels when giving to the less fortunate. One well-known billionaire, Bill Gates, views charitable donations as an “investment in society” which pays for…

According to Warren Buffet, he states in Forbes magazine “no conspiracy lies behind this depressing fact: The poor are most definitely not poor because the rich are rich.” There seems to be a tendency to put the blame on a certain issue (here being the rich) as if it…

Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are running a program that is convincing 400 of the wealthiest Americans to supply some of their wealth to various charities and causes. The money isn't necessarily as important as “asking wealthy families to have important conversations…