If Warren Buffett is the king of the investment wisecrack, then his long-time business partner Charlie Munger, who died on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) aged 99, was the perfect straight man.
The two held court at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting for decades as chairman and vice chairman. Munger could be taciturn – he could famously respond to Buffett’s requests for comment by saying “I have nothing to add – but that didn’t stop the pearls of wisdom coming thick and fast.
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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
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