How do you define a well rounded person? For me, it is someone who has a sense of direction, who knows that there is more to life than money and power, and who can think for others when in position of prosperity. Trying to look for such a person amid some national and international heroes may actually be quite a disappointing exercise in complete futility. Heroes in sports and media have done good work for sure but other things like involvement in drugs or such news of such anti social behavior mars their image in seconds and they fall from grace very rapidly. But when Forbes published its list of billionaires in February 2008, we got a pleasant surprise.
             When Forbes announced the list of richest men in the world in 2008, the world certainly took notice. Because this time things were different! It wasn't Bill Gates occupying the first place and neither anyone we had heard too often about. It was Warren Buffet, the owner of several businesses in the US, with an estimated worth of $62 billion. But as much s his wealth be a subject of interest, what makes Buffet stand out from the herd of billionaires is his philanthropic streak. Buffet is well renowned for his charity work and the major beneficiaries have been none other than Bill Gates for his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
             Buffet was exposed to stock market at a very young age being the son of a stock broker. He had started entrepreneurial ventures very early in life and though he wanted to skip college and instead establish his own business, his father did not support him on this. As the result, Buffet became the student of legendary Benjamin Graham and this must have been the most important turning point in his life.
             Benjamin Graham taught Buffet the fundamentals of shrewd investing. He was taught the golden rules that Buffet knows would exist even hundred years from now. "The basic ideas of investing are to look at stocks as business, use market fluctuations ...