Ethical tycoon

Assignment 10: You received a phone call that a friend of yours works for Warren Buffett. Mr. Buffett is looking to hire a sharp MBA to help him with investments. Mr. Buffett is very busy, but he told your friend he has about 10 minutes to spare for an interview. List the three most important things you plan to say to Mr. Buffett during the shoirt interview.

Here are a few tips:　Mr. Buffett is an investor. He likes to MAKE MONEY. Focus on FINANCE and try to avoid talking about "marketing plans."　It would be good to show knowledge of his recent investments. Find out what they are and be able to tell him that they are good or bad. He may ask!　It might be good to compliment him on his ethics rather than discussing Bernie Madoff and other unethical tycoons.　Be prepared to tell him specifically what you learned in the MBA program.

Hello, Warren Buffett

I totally agree your investment style. According to acquisition of Heinz, you focused on “quality” of the target company. Value investing which is focusing on lower stock price in spite of high business performance. However, you didn’t use this investment style at this time. Growth investing is also not in this case. You used to learn inside value analysis from Graham but in this time, you actually focused on outside value such as goodwill, brand equity, profitability and stability.

While so many unethical tycoons are in this market, you are definitely ethical model of tycoons. Acquisition of Heinz has actually changed investor’s mindset because recently there were not some big deals. I mean your decision always move people’s mind and entail responsibility. He is not only ethical but also ambitious. Your behavior motivates many people and change the world.

For these reasons, you also have to act like superstar for children and properly deal with mass media such as newspaper, TV and so on. Besides, you are maximizing company’s value and dealing with investors who pursue profit. Showing off these two profiles would be so cruel and you must be strong.