It’s hard to understate Warren Buffett’s impact on the economy or on American business—Or on Fortune, for that matter. The magazine is just a few months older than the Oracle of Omaha himself, who turned 93 on August 30, and after a particularly impressive interview, he tapped former Fortune editor Carol Loomis to edit his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter.
With his right-hand man Charlie Munger, the investing legend has led one of the world’s most profitable holding companies, Berkshire Hathaway, for almost 60 years, and become one of the world’s richest men in the process. Buffett has grown from a schoolboy with a penchant for entrepreneurship (he once sold chewing gum and Coca Cola door to door) to an investment salesman, stockbroker, securities analyst, and even a student of Dale Carnegie’s public speaking course.
