Charlie Munger may be best known as Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman, Warren Buffett's best friend,

confident and business partner for six and a half decades.

But Munger was also a giant in his own right. He was a scold of corporate

excess and greed. He preached to a large flock of devout followers about how to get along

and investing and in life. A Renaissance man, Munger modeled himself

after none other than Benjamin Franklin. He studied mathematics, physics,

meteorology, and engineering, and that was all before he attended Harvard Law School.

He trained himself in subjects like psychology and architecture.

Charlie passed away at the age of 99.

That was just one month shy of his 100th birthday,

and it was two weeks after our last interview with him.

I'm Becky Quick of CMC, co-host of Squackbox.

This is Charlie Munger, a life of wit and wisdom.

All the great records are partly work, partly talent, and partly look. That's what you expect to win.

With this many people in the game of investment,

of course the big winners are going to be people who get luck and who get work and talent and luck.

That's what we've had.

What was interesting about Berkshire's history is what turned the first

300 million dollars of Berkshire net worth into the first three billion dollars

of Berkshire net worth. Now some people have now gone back and checked all

figures but some people people figured it out. But the way we, the

results we got in turning 300 billion into 3 billion really quickly helped us a lot. What was it?

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