3 investment strategies of Warren Buffett’s protégé and the areas where they differ

If You Want to Invest Like Warren Buffett, Here’s How to Do It

If you want to invest using the same principles as Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett, there’s no shortage of articles offering advice on how to do it. Few investors, however, have gotten the opportunity to emulate the Oracle of Omaha the way Tracy Britt Cool has. As one of Buffett’s top lieutenants, Britt Cool became chief executive at Berkshire Holding Pampered Chef and garnered enough of a reputation as a quick-thinking manager that Buffett called her “the fireman” in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. In 2020, Britt Cool left Berkshire to cofound her own investing firm, Kanbrick, where she has continued to invest in and optimize businesses. Britt Cool’s approach to investing echoes Buffett’s in some key ways, but differs in others. Here’s how she breaks down the similarities and differences.