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Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into somethingremarkable— and Fortune journalist Carol Loomis had a front-rowseat for it all.When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fundmanager in a 1966 Fortune article, she didn’t dream that WarrenBuffett would one day be considered the world’s greatestinvestor—nor that she and Buffett would quickly become closepersonal friends. As Buf?fett’s fortune and reputation grew overtime, Loomis used her unique insight into Buffett’s thinking tochronicle his work for Fortune, writ?ing and proposing scores ofstories that tracked his many accomplishments—and also hisocca?sional mistakes.Now Loomis has collected and updated the best Buffett articlesFortune published between 1966 and 2012, including thirteen coverstories and a dozen pieces authored by Buffett himself. Loomis hasprovided commentary about each major arti?cle that supplies contextand her own informed point of view. Readers will gain freshinsights into Buffett’s investment strategies and his thinking onmanagement, philanthropy, public policy, and even parenting. Someof the highlights include:The 1966 A. W. Jones story in which Fortune first mentionedBuffett.The first piece Buffett wrote for the magazine, 1977’s “How Inflation Swindles the Equity Investor.”Andrew Tobias’s 1983 article “Letters from Chairman Buffett,” thefirst review of his Berk?shire Hathaway shareholder letters.Buffett’s stunningly prescient 2003 piece about derivatives,“Avoiding a Mega-Catastrophe.”His unconventional thoughts on inheritance and philanthropy,including his intention to leave his kids “enough money so theywould feel they could do anything, but not so much that they coulddo nothing.”Bill Gates’s 1996 article describing his early impressions ofBuffett as they struck up their close friendship.Scores of Buffett books have been written, but none can claim thiswork’s combination of trust between two friends, the writer’s deepunder?standing of Buffett’s world, and a very long-termperspective.