Awards & Recognition
★Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award recipient
★Harvard Law School magna cum laude graduate
★Recognized as 'Oracle of Pasadena' by investment community
Notable Facts
→Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway from 1978 until death in 2023 at age 99
→Warren Buffett's closest business partner for over 50 years
→Net worth estimated at $2.6 billion at time of death
→Studied meteorology at Caltech during WWII service
→Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School without undergraduate degree
→Founded law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson in 1962
→Chairman of Daily Journal Corporation and Wesco Financial
→Director of Costco Wholesale Corporation
→Major philanthropist to Stanford University and other institutions
→Architect of Berkshire Hathaway's modern investment philosophy
→Early investor in Chinese electric vehicle company BYD
→Author and subject of investment philosophy books