Financial Journalist Carol Loomis opens up about her long personal and business relationship with Warren Buffett. Loomis was the editor of “Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012: A Fortune Magazine Book”.
Note to viewers: The audio of this interview cuts out at the two-minute mark and picks up again about a minute later.
Carol Loomis joined the staff of Fortune Magazine in 1954 as a research associate and had the longest tenure of any employee in the magazine’s history, retiring in 2014. She is credited with coining the term “hedge fund” for an investment strategy of A.W. Jones & Co. She is the pro bono editor of Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter and a shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway.
From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary "Becoming Warren Buffett." With a net worth of over $60,000,000,000, Warren Buffett is truly a one-of-a-kind billionaire. This documentary chronicles Buffett's evolution into one of the wealthiest and most respected men in the world.
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Carol Loomis, Financial Journalist
Interviewed By: Peter Kunhardt
Interview Date: May 18, 2016
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