Image Credit: The Munger Library at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, designed by Charles T. Munger (photo: Jason Zweig)
LOS ANGELES—Charlie Munger’s signature phrase is “I have nothing to add.” Ask him about architecture, however, and he will talk your ear off.
Mr. Munger—investing legend, vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner—has channeled that passion into the hundreds of millions of dollars he’s donated toward buildings at major universities and other institutions in recent years. The offers come with a caveat: Schools that want his money have to accept his ideas about building design, too....
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This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal.
Further reading
Peter D. Kaufman (ed.), Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Janet Lowe, Damn Right!
Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor
Jason Zweig, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary
Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain
Jason Zweig, The Little Book of Safe Money