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Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of all time. He built up almost all of his wealth through long-term stock investments and is now one of the richest people in the world. Buffett has been pursuing a value investing strategy that he learned from Benjamin Graham for decades, increasing his wealth by an average of 20 percent a year. Companies held by his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, employ over 250,000 people. In 2006, Buffett announced that he would be donating nearly his entire fortune to charity.
André Kostolany
Despite two bankruptcies, André Kostolany earned millions on the stock exchange, initially with speculation, but later with a steady hand. In the second half of his life, he passed on his experience on the stock exchange. Numerous television appearances, millions of books sold and more than 30 years of writing for the financial magazine Capital made Kostolany a stock market legend.
Sir John Templeton
Sir John Templeton is known as the father of the idea of the mutual fund. He founded the first mutual fund for retail investors, the Templeton Growth Fund, in 1954. The Templeton Growth Fund is still one of the largest global equity funds in the world in terms of assets.
Fjodor Dostojewski
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky is considered one of the most important Russian writers. His literary career began in 1844; he wrote his major works, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov, in the 1860s and 1870s.