The business management trend of Value-Based Management (VBM) and the related area of Shareholder Value are attracting considerable interest. Modern finance theory suggests that the primary goal of a firm should be to maximise shareholder wealth and increasingly firms are targeting the creation of value for shareholders as their principal objective. Advocates of this theory suggest that this is not only good for shareholders but also for the company as it encourages investment.

Starting from scratch, it took the world's greatest investor, Warren Buffett, nearly five decades to make his first $100m. This book explains the reasoning behind each investing milestone on that journey, tracks the deals he made and shows how they added to his wealth.