{"id":54472,"date":"2021-11-07T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=54472"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:27:54","slug":"charlie-munger-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/charlie-munger-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Munger&#8217;s Biography: His Path to Investing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does Charlie Munger\u2019s biography tell us about his relationship with Warren Buffet?&nbsp; Why did he join Berkshire Hathaway?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Munger\u2019s biography shows that he met Warren Buffett when they were working together in Buffett\u2019s grandfather\u2019s store as kids, and reunited when Charlie returned to Omaha after the death of his father. He joined Berkshire Hathaway when Buffett convinced him that investing is a better fit for his talents than law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to discover the important details from Charlie Munger\u2019s biography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Charlie Munger\u2019s Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Poor Charlie&#8217;s Alamanac <\/em>book summarizes Charlie Munger\u2019s biography into the following. bullet points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Charlie grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, sharing the hometown with Warren Buffett. He worked for Buffett\u2019s grandfather in his grocery store; Warren worked there a few years later.<\/li><li>Charlie liked raising hamsters and traded them with other kids. This was early practice in negotiating.<\/li><li>In high school, Munger was captain of his high school\u2019s varsity rifle team.<\/li><li>He enrolled in University of Michigan to study math, but in 1943 left to serve in the military during World War II.&nbsp;<\/li><li>He started his career as a lawyer. He was admitted to Harvard Law School without a bachelor\u2019s degree and graduated in 1948.<\/li><li>He had 3 kids with his first wife Nancy Huggins, whom he divorced in 1953. His son Teddy died of leukemia soon after at the age of 9. He met Nancy Barry and married in 1956.<\/li><li>After law school, he joined a law firm, then founded a law firm in 1962, then built an investment firm called Wheeler, Munger, and Co. Over the years of 1962 to 1975, Munger\u2019s firm generated annual returns of 19.8%, compared to 5% for the Dow.<\/li><li>Charlie returned to Omaha when his father died and met Warren Buffett at a dinner party. Buffett convinced Munger that law was a bad use of his talent.<\/li><li>Munger joined Berkshire Hathaway after deciding he didn\u2019t want to manage funds directly for investors, and instead to build equity through a holding company. He liquidated Wheeler, Munger, and Co. in 1976. He had shares in Blue Chip Stamps and Diversified Retailing, which then converted into Berkshire Hathaway stock.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does Charlie Munger\u2019s biography tell us about his relationship with Warren Buffet?&nbsp; Why did he join Berkshire Hathaway? Charlie Munger\u2019s biography shows that he met Warren Buffett when they were working together in Buffett\u2019s grandfather\u2019s store as kids, and reunited when Charlie returned to Omaha after the death of his father. He joined Berkshire Hathaway when Buffett convinced him that investing is a better fit for his talents than law. 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