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Peter Kaufman

Disciplines:
business
investing
intellectual

Summary

CEO of Glenair and editor of Poor Charlie's Almanack (Charlie Munger's collected speeches and wisdom) — a low-profile multidisciplinary thinker in the Munger tradition.

Core Contribution

Poor Charlie's Almanack as Munger codification: Kaufman's editing of Charlie Munger's speeches, letters, and talks into a single collected volume created the most comprehensive publicly available resource on Munger's 'latticework of mental models' philosophy. The book's production quality (heavy, illustrated, expensive) reflected Kaufman's view that the content deserved presentation commensurate with its importance. Kaufman's own speeches and talks develop the Munger tradition with original synthesis.

Notable Works & Achievements

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Historical Influences

Charlie Munger

Intellectual Lineage

Munger CircleValue Investing Culture

Contemporaries & Peers

Shane Parrish Charlie Munger

Minds Influenced

Mental Models Discourse Farnam Street culture

Intellectual Posterity

Mental Models Literature Charlie Munger Studies

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