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Shelby Davis — Part Four: Not Just An Investor

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

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Shelby Davis -- Part Four: Not Just An Investor

Shelby Davis made his wealth by buying insurance stocks during the early 1950s. Throughout the 1950s, without fanfare, life insurers grew their earnings at a high double-digit clip, a pace later reserved...

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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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