Sunday, June 24, 2007

Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham.

I know the name. I actually have her autobiography, Personal History.


For which she won the Pulitzer. Inspiring story; a woman who suddenly had to learn how to function in the corporate world.


Suddenly
?


Because her husband shot himself. Next day almost she found herself boss of a Washington newspaper.


And she picked up all this by herself?


It was a slow process. She had some good friends. Warren Buffett was her financial mentor. But he came in one day and saw on her table a paper on which was written “Assets on the left, liabilities on the right.” And that was after she had been running the paper for ten years!


But she was indirectly involved in ousting Richard Nixon.


That
took courage. Facing down threats from the White House and being advised never to be alone.
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