Charlie Munger's role model was Ben Franklin, whose autobiography (about 90 pages, with 80 dedicated to business management, habits, borrowing, and partnerships) contained no discussion of Franklin's revolutionary or constitutional achievements, reflecting Franklin's view that business freedom was a means to pursue and share wisdom.

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Chris Davis

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Ben Franklin's autobiography is only about 90 pages and I would say 80 of those pages are about how to set up and manage a business uh they're about habits they're about borrowing money they're about uh creating Partnerships

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Value Investor Chris Davis on Berkshire Hathaway and Stock-Picking | At Barron'sBarron's
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:57:58 AM

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