Charles Munger: The Main Secret Of The Berkshire Conglomerate

FIn this interview at the University of Michigan, Charles Munger explains why Berkshire is the world’s most successful conglomerate. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

That’s the main secret of Berkshire. The reason that Berkshire has been successful as a big conglomerate. More successful than any other big conglomerate. So far as I know any other big conglomerate in the world. The reason it’s been successful is we try and buy things that aren’t going to require much managerial talent at headquarters.

Everybody else thinks they’ve got a lot of managerial talent at headquarters, and that’s a lot of hubris.

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You can watch the entire interview here: