　　沃伦·巴菲特靠向椅子的后背，长腿交叉于膝，坐在他父亲那张简朴的木桌后面。他那件价值不菲的杰尼亚上装在肩膀处束皱成一团，像一件未经剪裁、批量生产的成衣。每天，无论伯克希尔·哈撒韦总部的其他15名员工如何随意着装，他的这件衣服都会24小时保持这个样子。他穿着一件普通无奇的白衬衫，衬衣领子太小，被撑得鼓鼓的，远离领结一大截，看上去像是他做年轻商人时留下来的，而且在过去四十年他似乎都忘了量一量脖子的尺寸。

内容简介

Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowball is the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those closest to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies and wisdom. The result is this personally revealing and complete biography of ‘The Oracle of Omaha’. Fully revised and updated with two new chapters on Buffett and the credit crunch, The Snowball is indispensable reading for those who wish to know the man behind the outstanding achievements.

　　《滚雪球：巴菲特和他的财富人生》由美国作家美丽斯·施罗德编写。1939午的冬天，9岁的巴菲特在院子里玩雪。他把少量的积雪铲到一块，揉成一个雪球，然后把它放在地上慢慢滚动，雪球越滚越大……
　　从此，巴菲特再也没有停下脚步，目光投向白雪皑皑的整个世界……
　　沃伦·巴菲特，我们这个时代硕果仪存的商业领袖和投资大师，甚至在死后还会影响后世50年的伟大人物，终于向我们敞开了他的心扉。这本他生平唯一授权的官方传记，以从未有过的视角，揭开了巴菲特的真实人牛。许多年来聚光灯下高大的“股神”终于走下神坛，以他最平实的语言、最真诚的心，娓娓道来，讲述了他78午人生巾最触动人心的故事，分享了他60多年商业和投资生涯中最宝贵的经验。

作者简介

Alice Schroeder began her career as a certified public accountant, working for Ernst & Young before being appointed as a managing director at Morgan Stanley in the equities division. She was the number 1-ranked Institutional Investor All-America Research analyst in 2001 and 2002, and a member of the All-America Research team for seven years. Schroeder first met Warren Buffett in 1998. By 2001, Buffett began to suggest that Alice shift from the business of following stocks in order to write full-time.

　　艾丽斯·施罗德曾任摩根士丹利的董事总经理，因撰写伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司的研究报告而与巴菲特结识，而巴菲特也因为赏识她的洞察力、和掌握主题的能力，授权施罗德撰写他的人生故事。生于德州，在得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获得学士及MBA学位。拥有会计师执照，目前与丈夫居住在康涅狄格州。

精彩书评

"An epic account of the greatest capital accumulator in history."
--Dominic Lawson, The Times

"Warren Buffett’s opinions are so hotly sought that THE SNOWBALL, a biography with which he has enthusiastically cooperated, would be of interest even if it answered only softball questions. It approaches him seriously, covers vast terrain and tells a fascinating story."
-- New York Times

"Buffett has been ahead of the curve for most of the past 50 years, making him one of the world’s richest people. THE SNOWBALL provides some clues about how he’s done it."
-- Financial Times

"A monumental work … you feel like you’ve been in the presence of a monumentally flawed but riveting character … utterly compelling."
-- Evening Standard