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Why do you think this? His public and private actions generally seem to support the idea that he is ethically grounded, and I'm unaware of questionable behavior at any point in his earlier career. But I'm not that old, so I don't know who he was in the 70s.


I have nothing against Buffet. I just think that you can't become a multi-billionaire by being a nice guy. You have to be ultra (pathologically?) competitive and ambitious to get that far.


> I just think that you can't become a multi-billionaire by being a nice guy.

Berkshire is a holding company, all the not so nice decisions are made by the CEOs of the companies Berkshire owns.


And the guy on top is a nice guy who washes his hands clean from all unpleasantries. I don't think that's how it works.




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