6 Best Books on How Warren Buffett Invested before Becoming a Billionaire

Written By Kai Sato

There is some overlap with the 6 Best Books on Value Investing. However, these books will show you how Warren Buffett amassed his fortune from day one, and you’ll see how his approach evolved through the years.

1. The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom

This book details how Buffett’s approach has been influenced by Ben Graham, Phil Fisher, and Charlie Munger.

2. The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy by Robert Hagstrom

This book gets even more technical about when to buy, how much to buy, and when to sell.

3. Warren Buffett’s Ground Rules By Jeremy Miller

This is the best breakdown of Buffett’s earliest days as an investor, when he was much more relatable to the average investor. He was also more of an activist than people may realize.

4. The Deals of Warren Buffett: The First $100M by Glen Arnold

This book goes deal-by-deal and shows you how he went from $100K to $100M, which took a few decades.

5. The Outsiders : Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William Thorndike

This is the best book on capital allocation, “the process of deciding how to deploy the firm’s resources to earn the best possible return for shareholders.” There are a TOTAL of five ways to deploy a firm’s financial resources and ONLY three ways to generate capital.

6. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

The most comprehensive biography on Buffett, it covers most of his life and the events that shaped his career.

Kai Sato

Kai Sato is a managing partner of Mauloa, a unique private equity firm where he is its west coast lead. In addition to Mauloa, he is an advisor to Forma Capital, a consumer-focused venture firm and a fund advisor to Hatch, a global startup accelerator focused on helping feed the world through sustainable aquaculture technologies. Kai is the author of “Marketing Architecture: How to Attract Customers, Hires, and Investors for Any Company Under 50 Employees.” Through his holding company, Kaizen Reserve, Inc., he also advises family offices and corporations on the design, implementation, and oversight of their venture capital portfolios, sometimes taking an active role in turning around underperforming investments. Previously, Kai was the co-president & chief marketing officer of Crown Electrokinetics (Nasdaq: CRKN), the chief marketing & innovation officer of Rubicon Resources (acquired), the co-founder of FieldLevel, and a board member of SportTechie (acquired). He has also been a contributor to publications like Inc., Entrepreneur, IR Magazine, and HuffPost, in addition to a speaker at various industry conferences. An avid golfer who put himself through college by working as a caddy, Kai is the creator of Caddyshack to Corner Office, a golf media platform that profiles successful people whose lives were transformed by caddying and also serves on the board of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit, called Friends of Golf (FOG). He graduated from the University of Southern California as a Presidential Scholar and now chairs the alumni board of its John H. Mitchell Business of Cinematic Arts Program. Follow Kai on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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