"True independence – meaning the willingness to challenge a forceful CEO when something is wrong or foolish – is an enormously valuable trait in a director. It is also rare. The place to look for it is among high-grade people whose interests are in line with those of rank-and-file shareholders – and are in line in a very big way. ... Charlie and I love such honest-to-God ownership. After all, who ever washes a rental car?"
January 1, 1970