CPA, former regulator and all-star analyst Alice Schroeder is the author of the definitive biography of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Schroeder -- who made a name for herself as the first analyst to be granted an interview with Buffett and the only analyst with whom he would speak -- went on leave from Morgan Stanley in 2003 to begin researching and writing The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (September 2008). Recruited for this task by Buffett himself, who values the way she thinks and writes, Schroeder was given unprecedented access by Buffett -- to his files, family, business associates and massive quantities of his time for interviews and questions.
The Snowball, a #1 New York Times bestseller, is a revealing and complete look at the life, wisdom and philosophy of "The Oracle of Omaha", from the development of his outlook on the world and the principles he lives by to the business secrets he has never before shared publicly. Schroeder includes a never-before-seen account of Buffett's upbringing and early history and fine-grained details of his relationships, investing and philanthropy.
Schroeder audited for Ernst & Young, then drafted rules for the Financial Accounting Standards Board before moving to Wall Street. Her 54-page report for PaineWebber on Berkshire Hathaway in 1999 was the first comprehensive look at Buffett's company and became a bestseller. She was recruited by Morgan Stanley, where she was a managing director and Institutional Investor's top-ranked property-casualty insurance analyst. Risk and Insurance magazine called her "one of the most respected -- and unafraid -- thinkers on Wall Street".
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Author, The Snowball