Intelligent Investor Club

In this interview with Robert Miles, Al Ueltschi, an aviation pioneer and legend, talks about all aspects of his business from starting out as a Kentucky farm boy, to teaching himself to fly, buying his first plane, becoming the first corporate pilot of the founder of Pan Am, starting in the marine terminal at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport, and eventually selling to Warren Buffett.

Listen to a man who has lived the total lifespan of aviation, from man’s first flight across the Atlantic Ocean to landing on the moon. A inspiring tale of a man of vision, a pilot, an entrepreneur, and a philanthropist, who founded and built FlightSafety into the largest pilot training company in the world, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

This video may help the viewer understand the qualitative [non measurable] aspects that Warren Buffett may consider when making an investment. Al Ueltschi’s business success may touch your mind, but what he has done with that success may touch your heart.

Hear Al Ueltschi speak at the 4th Annual Value Investor Conference in LA on 7 & 8 May 2006.

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First a Dream, a book by Jim Clayton, influenced Warren Buffett to buy over Jim’s company after he had read the book.

Here’s a one hour video of an interview of Kevin Clayton, the son of Jim Clayton and CEO of Clayton Homes. The interviewer Robert Miles asks a series of questions covering all aspects of the business from getting started, to taking over from his father, and to selling to Warren Buffett.

The video may also help the viewer understand the qualitative aspects that Warren Buffett may consider when making an investment.

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For those who don’t have time to watch all the videos or want just a quick summary, here’s an article with keynotes taken of the first interview.

If you have been reading his annual reports, you will find that his values and investing principles does not really change much throughout the years.

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Warren Buffett stunned the world when he announced he was giving his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Charlie Rose is the only broadcast journalist with access to Buffett and Gates on their friendship which resulted in this historic announcement.

There’s a video interview with Warren Buffett with a look at the man behind the wealth.

Enjoy watching!

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