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Mr. Munger grew up in Omaha and joined the U. S. Army during World War II, serving as a meteorologist in Alaska.

Mr. Buffett called Mr. Munger, saying the two now had a new issue to address, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Part of Mr. Li's agreement with Mr. Munger was that the fund would be closed to new investors.

In an interview, Mr. Munger revealed that Mr. Li was likely to become one of the top Berkshire investment officials.

Neither Mr. Buffett nor Mr. Munger was concerned, a person familiar with the matter says.

But controversies such as this promote a lingering concern that the system is set up to protect you and Mr Munger from embarrassment.

A few days earlier each spring, Munger answers questions alongside Buffett for hours at the Berkshire shareholders meeting in Omaha.

And Munger did not immediately respond to a message left at his Pasadena office.

Munger: He was the smartest guy on earth yet got caught up in the South Sea bubble.

Charlie Munger said, if you consciously make himself in thought mature, you can overcome that are smarter than you.

Mr. Buffett called Mr. Munger and told him of the pitch, and mentioned that Mr. Sokol held Lubrizol stock, the person says.

Mr. Munger said in an interview that he gets "hundreds" of such requests each year, but "something in his request piqued my interest. "

'The larger the company, the greater will be our interest, ' says Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger in the annual report.

Munger : He made hundreds of millions selling tires.

The two shared a 'suspicion of reported earnings of finance companies, ' Mr. Munger says. 'We don't like the bull-- . '

Judging by the return Berkshire has seen so far on BYD, Munger might not merely be encountering genius.

For the last part of the trip, I joined Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and other Berkshire Hathaway board members.

"I know Munger is just fascinated with the way the company is run and how hard working the employees are, " Check said via e-mail.

Dr Munger, though, found that both GLP-1 and the receptor molecule that picks it up and thus allows it to act are found in taste buds too.

Charlie Munger : Our system has worked wonderfully well. The only surprise is how few people copy it.

Mr. Munger gave Mr. Li some of his family's nest egg to invest to open a 'value' fund betting on beaten-down stocks.

Munger: BYD's stock price is still way higher than Berkshire paid for it.

If the Wesco deal goes through, it may become harder for investors to find a chance to hear Munger alone.

Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, was telling him not to do it under any circumstances.

John Munger, one of the only record keepers' of dance research in America, says Momix is unique.

Charlie Munger likes reading, from genetics, to Keynes's academic articles, to architecture, and then to the philosophy and biography.

Munger? s family poured an initial $50 million into a new value fund Li was starting.

Michael Munger is the Director of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program at Duke University.

Messrs. Buffett, Munger, Sokol, Li and Microsoft founder and Berkshire Director Bill Gates plan to visit China and BYD in September.

Mr. Munger thinks regulators may significantly curb the amount of leverage, or borrowed money, that banks can use.

Warren Buffett has worked with Charlie Munger, his sidekick, confidant and best friend, since before the Rolling Stones were formed.

Mr. Buffett's long-time partner, Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger, was blunter in his criticisms of Wall Street.

Mr. Munger, in the Sunday interview, said, 'We underestimated our communications needs given our position in the world. '

Munger added: "Investment banking will behave more responsibly if we as citizens force it to behave more responsibly. "

Mr. Munger later phoned Mr. Buffett and told him, 'this is a guy I am sure you are going to like, ' Mr. Munger recalls.

Mr. Li has developed a close relationship with Charles Munger, Berkshire's 86-year old vice chairman, and runs Mr. Munger's family's money.

But Mr. Munger was enthusiastic, less about the technology than about Wang Chuanfu, who runs BYD. Mr. Wang, Mr.

Two weeks later, Mr. Li says he met again with Mr. Munger to make certain he had heard right.

Mr. Munger leans Republican; Mr. Buffett tilts Democratic.

Munger : If there were a great opportunity in the energy field, we'd find a way to do it.

He and Mr. Munger arrived at the decision based on the same kind of 'gut check' they make with acquisitions of companies.

You and Mr Munger seem as acute and as entertaining as ever.

Munger has often described the unusual structure of Wesco as a historical accident.

The mouse study was done by Steven Munger, a neurobiologist at the University of Maryland, and his colleagues.

Says Mr. Munger: 'The big lithium battery is a game-changer. '

Munger: I think investors should reduce expectations.

Mr. Sokol went to China and when he returned, he and Mr. Munger convinced Mr. Buffett to load up on BYD.

Munger says there's an environmental reason for being pro-coal compared to biofossil fuels.

"Maybe he doesn't really want to, " Munger said. "Warren knows what he's doing. "

Sir Donald Munger: Tell me, Commander, how far does your expertise extend into the field of diamonds?

'He bought a little early and more later when the stock fell, which is his nature, ' Mr. Munger says.

Mr. Munger placed 522 on the list, with a net worth of $1. 4 billion.

Munger : And many of them think what happened to them was unjust.

Charlie Munger, Berkshire's Vice Chairman and my partner, and I feel good about the company's progress during 2011. Here are the highlights:

His son recalled, Munger works late every day, go home for dinner. And began to study the standard & Poor's, and he and Buffett call.

In 1962 he was 30 years old and already a millionaire when he joined forces with Charlie Munger.

Instead of worrying about the short term, he and partner Charlie Munger focus year after year and decade after decade on four simple goals: