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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Debaroti Adhikary

Warren Buffett and Sam Altman have a common investing rule: Here is where they find biggest opportunities

Legendary investor Warren Buffett and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seem to be two poles apart in terms of expertise, but both the billionaires have a common investing rule: they believe that the best investing opportunities are not the popular ones.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman surprisingly has zero equity stake in his own company. Yet, he has made a fortune through his investments in startups like nuclear-fusion firm Helion and others. Speaking at a recent podcast, Altman said that venture capitalists Peter Thiel and Paul Graham taught him that the best companies and investment opportunities are "almost never" the ones attracting the most attention.

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