(1930-present)

Buffett’s legendary investment strategy – hunt for bargain stocks, hold them long term and watch the share prices rise – flies in the face of today’s craze for the latest hot IPO or quickly won day-trading gains. But the self-made billionaire and head of Nebraska-based holding company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will go down as one of the most successful investors of the century, earning the moniker of the “Oracle of Omaha” for his stock-picking acumen.