Adam J. Mead is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Mead Capital Management, LLC, a New Hampshire-based Registered Investment Advisor he founded in 2014. Adam spent over a decade in banking in commercial credit, including observing first-hand the after effects of the Great Recession and the long credit expansion afterward. Adam has been investing in public securities markets since 2004. He owned two small businesses (non-financial) during college, and grew up in a family of small business owners. In addition to managing assets for his clients at Mead Capital, he is involved with numerous local non-profit organisations.
"The question must be asked, 'Why another book?' When you read
this monumental effort by Adam Mead, the answer will be
obvious...read cover to cover, both the uninitiated to Berkshire
and its most ardent followers will derive enormous utility and
satisfaction from it...I learned so many new and important things
about Berkshire and its history. It is my pleasure to encourage you
to enjoy this gem." --Chris Bloomstran "If you are a value
investor, a Berkshire Hathaway, or Warren Buffett fan, this book is
the motherlode! The most comprehensive and detailed history of
Berkshire Hathaway to date. A must-read that belongs on the
bookshelf of any serious investor." --Guy Spier "Few activities can
be more rewarding for any value investor than studying the history
and evolution of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. Adam has
done us all a huge favor with his yeoman efforts in producing this
treatise. Since it is chronologically ordered, it is an invaluable
reference guide for all things Berkshire." --Mohnish Pabrai "For
students of history, especially the history of Berkshire Hathaway's
early days, Adam Mead's book is a must read... It contains storied
theft of intellectual property, occurring as early as 1789 when a
certain Samuel Slater snuck out of England with knowledge of how to
build a viable water-powered mill. It is a story of venture
capital. "Financial backers in Pawtucket, Rhode Island" (including,
none other than notorious financier, Hetty Green, a rich heiress to
a new Bedford shipping fortune) provided venture capital funding
for Slater's business. It involves internet-like speedy growth,
with 20 Slater-style mills dotting New England within just the
first 20 years. Finally, it entails early versions of SPACs, then
called "joint-stock corporations," underwritten by wealthy Boston
merchant, Francis Lowell. Adam commences his story with reference
to an entrenched dominant nation, in this case England, worried
about their loss of global standing to the upstart, United States,
through both fair competition and through America's use of stolen
technology. Sound familiar?" --Thomas Russo "With this project,
Adam has a done a wonderful job extending the Berkshire Classroom
by providing a comprehensive analysis of the rich corporate history
and unique entrepreneurial leadership." --Mac Sykes, Gabelli
Funds
"Like Adam, we appreciate the history of Berkshire Hathaway. I and
my teammates at the Gabelli Organization have been tracking
Warren's success for some 50 years. . . I first learned of him
while at Columbia Business School taking Security Analysis from
Roger Murray, who succeeded Graham & Dodd. I got to focus on what
Warren Buffett was investing in when I covered Pinkerton's, Burn's
Detective and Wackenhut, that is business service companies. I
noticed how astute he was buying cash flow entities that had some
inflation indexing and tax advantages as a shareholder. Fast
forward, we have been attending meetings in Omaha for over two
decades. We also bought stock in two of our Funds that were
initially launched in the mid 80's - Gabelli Equity Trust (a Closed
End Fund) and the Gabelli Asset Fund (an Open End Fund). Adam
captures the work and highlights the history of Berkshire and the
hard and diligent work of Buffett and Munger." --Mario Gabelli,
Chairman and CEO, Gabelli Funds
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