The Warren Buffett of….
Our article on Paul Desmarais called him “The Warren Buffett of Canada,” which made us start wondering how many “Warren Buffett ofs” there are. We decided to do a deep Google search to try and put together a comprehensive list. We had to toss out a huge number of non-investors like the Warren Buffetts “of groceries”, “of business communication”, “of real estate” and, bizarrely, even a Warren Buffett “of cuddling.” We wanted to learn who was considered such a good investor in their home country or geography that the “Warren Buffett of” moniker was used. In total, we found 26 Warren Buffett ofs.” Some of the names we had heard of before, but there were a number of new ones too:
- Warren Buffett of Asia – Lee Shau-kee
- Warren Buffett of Australia – Kerr Neilson
- Warren Buffett of Belgium – Albert Frere
- Warren Buffett of Brazil – Eike Batista
- Warren Buffett of Canada – Prem Watsa
- Warren Buffett of Canada – Stephen A. Jarislowsky
- Warren Buffett of Canada – Eric Sprott
- Warren Buffett of Canada – Bruce Flatt
- Warren Buffett of China – Guo Guangchang
- Warren Buffett of the East – Li Ka-shing
- Warren Buffett of the East – Cheah Cheng Hye
- Warren Buffett of the East – Tony Measor
- Warren Buffett of India – Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
- Warren Buffett of India – Chandrakant Sampat
- Warren Buffett of Japan – Takeda Wahei
- Warren Buffett of Japan – Kyu Eikan
- Warren Buffett of Kentucky – Pete Mahurin
- Warren Buffett of Mexico – Carlos Slim
- Warren Buffett of Spain – Francisco Garcia Parames
- Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia – Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
- Warren Buffett of the Southwest – Shelby Davis
- Warren Buffett of South Africa – Brian Joffe
- Warren Buffett of Thailand – [Subscription Required]
- Warren Buffett of Turkey – Jak Kamhi
- Warren Buffett of Turkey – Coskun Ulusoy
- Warren Buffett of the West – Warren Hellman