See’s Candies Vs. Berkshire Hathaway

Rupert Hargreaves

Published onNovember 28, 2022

Updated on November 28, 2022

During his long career, Warren Buffett has invested in thousands of companies and acquired a whole range of businesses for his conglomerate.

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However, of all of these deals, two stand out as being the most transformational.

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These deals were the acquisition of the struggling textile concern Berkshire Hathaway, and the Buffett's deal to buy See's Candies.

Both deals marked a turning point in Buffett's career. His decision to take on Berkshire (which he later called a mistake)...

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Rupert Hargreaves

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

See’s Candies Vs. Berkshire Hathaway

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