The quotes below indicates personal qualities the richest man in the world thinks are important. He very successfully manages the care and feeding of key managers (see managing of Berkshire) of over 73 businesses who in turn manage over 217,000 employees and revenues around $100 billion. link
“I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don’t interact with people I don’t like or admire. That’s the key. It’s like marrying.” link
“you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” link
- We look for outstanding businesses ” run by people we like, admire, and trust.” link
“We’re not pure economic creatures, and that policy penalizes our results somewhat, but we prefer to operate that way in life. What’s the point of becoming rich if you’re going to have a pattern of operations where you continually discard associations with people you like, admire, and find interesting in order to earn a slightly bigger figure?” link book
