Remembering Charlie Munger: A Life of Wit and Wisdom Part 1 5/2/25

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CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

“I’m an accidental guru.” He was irreverent, he was focused, he was one of the world’s most successful investors, and he was one of a kind. Billionaire investor Charlie Munger, the longtime right-hand man and close friend of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, died a few weeks shy of what would have been his 100th birthday. Becky Quick, Squawk Box co-host, interviewed Munger two weeks before his death in his home in Los Angeles. In the first part of this special conversation, Charlie Munger reflects on his century of life and the perspective and knowledge he gained in his final years. For more, revisit our 2021 Squawk Pod series, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: A Wealth of Wisdom. Squawk Pod is produced by Katie Kramer, Cameron Costa, Karoline Rouhotas and Zach Vallese. CNBC’s Managing Editor is Lacy O’Toole. John Lazration edited this podcast series.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is CNBC's Becky Quick, the co-host of Squackbox.
0:07.0	Ahead of the 2025 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting, we're re-releasing our special
0:12.2	podcast series on the life of billionaire Charlie Munger.
0:15.2	The close friend of investor Warren Buffett and longtime vice chair of Berkshire Hathaway
0:20.0	died a few weeks shy of his 100th
0:21.8	birthday in late 2023.
0:24.0	What I am is a lover of the progress of civilization.
0:28.5	That turns me out.
0:29.9	Munger was irreverent.
0:31.4	He was one of a kind.
0:33.0	He was the man Warren Buffett called the architect of Berkshire Hathaway.
0:36.3	Here, his last interview in Charlie Munger,
0:39.3	A Life of Witten Wisdom, coming up next.
0:46.3	Is there anything left on your bucket list,
0:50.3	anything you'd like to do?
0:51.8	Well, that's an interesting question.
0:53.3	I am so old and weak compared to what I was when I was 96.
0:58.0	Allmall loves it. I love it, Charlie loves it.
1:01.0	We're glad to have you here. We're celebrating King Charles, and we've got our own King Charles here today.
1:08.0	I would say that every time I'm with Charlie, I'll get at least some new slant on an ID that
1:15.6	causes me to rethink certain things.
1:18.6	And we've had absolutely, we've had so much fun in the partnership over the years.
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