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William Green, Best-Selling Author
Season 1 · Episode 14

William Green, Best-Selling Author

"There's something about the great investors - they're these ruthless pragmatists that just care about what works. Charlie Munger, Arnold Vandenberg, Irving Kahn - whatever their flaws, they all point the way towards what a more meaningful life is all about."

I'M THAT · Guy Spier, Charlie Munger, Arnold Vandenberg, Irving Kahn, Mohnish Pabrai

November 11, 20211h 8mExplicit

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Show Notes

Over the last quarter of a century, William Green has interviewed many of the world’s best investors, exploring in depth the question of what qualities and insights enable them to achieve enduring success.

He’s written extensively about investing for many publications and has been interviewed about the greatest investors for magazines, newspapers, podcasts, radio, and television.

He has also given many talks about the lessons we can learn from the most successful investors, not only about how to invest but about how to improve our thinking.

He’s written for many of the world’s leading publications. He’s reported from practically everywhere in the world. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, inventors, criminals, prize-winning authors, the CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies, and countless billionaires.

He’s collaborated on several books as a ghostwriter, co-author, or editor. One of them became a #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller in 2017. He worked closely with a renowned hedge fund manager and personal close friend of mine who I’ve even interviewed on I’M THAT – Guy Spier – helping him to write his much-praised 2014 memoir, The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment.

Born and raised in London, he was educated at Eton College, studied English literature at Oxford University, and received a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He lives in New York with his wife, Lauren, and their children, Henry and Madeleine.

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