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Shelby Davis — Part Five: A Lasting Legacy

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Rupert Hargreaves
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This is the fifth and final part of a multi-part series on Shelby Cullom Davis, value investor, philanthropist and founder of Davis Selected Advisers. Parts one to four of this series can be found at the links below.

  1. Shelby Davis — Part One: An Unknown Great
  2. Shelby Davis — Part Two: Rules for Investment Success
  3. Shelby Davis — Part Three: The Davis Double Play
  4. Shelby Davis -- Part Four: Not Just An Investor

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Shelby Davis -- Part Five: A Lasting Legacy

Shelby Davis formed Shelby Cullom Davis & Co with an investment of $100,000 during 1947. The firm opened for business with the slogan,...

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Sign up now and get our in-depth FREE e-books on famous investors like Klarman, Dalio, Schloss, Munger Rupert is a committed value investor and regularly writes and invests following the principles set out by Benjamin Graham. He is the editor and co-owner of Hidden Value Stocks, a quarterly investment newsletter aimed at institutional investors. Rupert owns shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Rupert holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment and the CFA Society of the UK. Rupert covers everything value investing for Hedge Fund Alpha

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