实力视界：MIT商学院学生拜访巴菲特

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课堂之外校园探索之拜访巴菲特

作者：Keshav Goel, 10/18/2015,  Master of Finance 2016级  

在过去数月笔者那些奇妙的经历中，与巴菲特先生的会面毫无疑问最令人难忘。20名Sloanies商学院学生组成的小队拜访了内布拉斯加州的奥马哈市，目的是为一见‘奥马哈先知’。众人都对这次活动感到激动不已，而沃伦.巴 菲特先生显然没有让大家失望。

所有人都在活动前一天就抵达了奥马哈。在完成研讨会前的演讲后，我乘坐了最后一班飞离波士顿的航班。第二天早餐后，大家在酒 店大堂集合并乘坐出租前往活动举办地。我们和一些来自其他学校的学生一同坐在大厅里， 急切地等待着活动开始。会场提供了很多提神的点心和软饮（不出意料有大量的可口可乐公司的产品！）伴随着一阵热烈的掌声，巴菲特先生现身了。他欢迎了在场 一众学生并直接切入到问答环节。各所学校轮流提问，覆盖范围从他的投资战略观点到人生哲学。在此期间我深深地为他的幽默感和散发出的能量所打动。

不难看出 为什么眼前这个人对投资这般充满激情。巴菲特先生很兴奋并从头到尾参与了整个活动。 他的每一次回应都给我留下了深刻的印象，尤其是其中一些言论。他敦促我们追寻内心的激情并竭力去兑现自身潜力。他也提到了‘捐款誓言’（http://givingpledge.org/）以及为何认定这是自己对社会最大的贡献之一。他还鼓励我们都去读一读李嘉诚的演讲稿“我的第三个儿子”。此外，他坦率分享了一路走来他认为有用和用处不大的东西以及作为学生我们有那些地方可以借鉴的，其中提及许多个人生活以及和查理.芒格先生共处的经历。巴菲特先生回顾了早先的投的一些公司包括精密机件，卡夫亨氏和可口可乐，借以表明对所投资的商业的巨大的热爱。

 之后，他带我们去了他个人在奥马哈最喜欢的Piccolo Pete餐馆就餐。我们赠送了一些小礼物以表达对巴菲特先生此次邀请及招待的感激之情。他欣然接受并留下了一张会让我们当中不少人多年后依然珍藏的合影。

随后我们参观了东方贸易公司作为伯克希尔.哈撒韦之行的一部分。公司的CFO& COO Steve Mendlik先生给我们讲述了公司的历史，业务以及它和伯克希尔之间的合作关系。此外，他和手下团队还安排我们参观了公司75万平方英尺的庞大场地设施。最终，我们回到宾馆收拾行装驶向机场，准备挥别我们生命中最难忘的一天。

 在记录这次拜访的同时，我不禁去思考这样的经历正是我作为Sloan人所不可或缺的一部分。我相信也正是课内和类似的课外的活动使MIT Sloan成为吸引无数将来学生的理想学院。在此要感谢MIT Sloan给予我这样的机会以及沃伦.巴菲特先生真挚的款待。

Outside the classroom: School trek to meet Warren Buffett

By Keshav Goel, October 18, 2015

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Of all the amazing things that have happened in the past few months, this one is definitely going to rank in the top-tier. A group of 20 Sloanies visited Omaha, Nebraska to meet the Oracle of Omaha. Everyone was pretty excited about the event and Mr. Warren Buffett definitely didn’t disappoint us.

All of us reached Omaha a day before the event. I was on one of the last flights out of Boston (as I had my proseminar presentation). We gathered at the hotel lobby after breakfast the next day and boarded our cabs to the venue. We were seated in a hall along with students from a few other schools, eagerly waiting for the session to begin. On offer were light refreshments (as expected Coca-Cola and other Coke products were available in plenty!). Mr. Buffett entered the scene and was greeted with a huge applause. He welcomed us and delved straight into Q&A. The schools took turns in asking questions, which ranged from his views on investment strategies to his life philosophy. I was amazed by his sense of humor and the energy he radiated. It was easy to see why this man is so passionate about investing. He was very excited and engaged throughout the event and each of his responses left a strong impression on me.

Some of the most important takeaways for me were his quotes. He urged us all to follow our passion and fulfill our potential. He also talked about the the Giving Pledge (http://givingpledge.org/) and why he considers it as one of his most important contributions to our society. He also encouraged us to read the letter titled ‘My Third Son’ from Li Ka Shing (http://www.lksf.org/english-my-third-son/). He candidly shared his views on what had worked well for him, what hadn’t and what we could learn from his experiences as students. He drew on a lot of experiences from his personal life and his association with Mr. Charlie Munger. Mr. Buffett demonstrated his immense love for the businesses he has invested in by going back to his thoughts around some of his investments, be it Precision Castparts, Krat-Heinz or the Coca-Cola Company.

Thereafter, he took us for lunch to Piccolo Pete’s restaurant, which is one of his favorite places in Omaha. We presented a small token of appreciation to Mr. Buffett for inviting us to Omaha. He gladly accepted it and posed for a group photograph which many of us our going to cherish for years to come.

Sloanies posing with Mr. Warren Buffett!

We then visited Oriental Trading Company as part of our Berkshire Hathaway tour. Steve Mendlik, CFO and COO of the company, walked us through the company’s history, its business and association with Berkshire Hathaway. He and his team also arranged a tour of their massive 750,000 square feet facility for us. Thereafter, we went back to the hotel to pick our bags and leave for the airport to cap one of the most exciting days of our lives.

As I write about this experience, I also can’t help but think about it in the context of how such experiences are an integral part of my Sloan experience. I believe it is the activities both inside and outside the classroom that make MIT Sloan such an attractive proposition for prospective students. I would like to thank MIT Sloan for presenting me with this opportunity and Mr. Warren Buffett for being such a gracious host.

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