Guy Spier Quotes


We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring.


Citations

Spier, Guy. The Education of a Value Investor. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Guy Spier
Guy Spier
  • Born: February 4, 1966
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Investor, Aquamarine Fund, Author

Guy Spier is a Zurich-based investor and author of a best-selling book on investing titled The Education of a Value Investor. He is well known for bidding US$650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett on June 25, 2008. In 2009, he was featured in "the Checklist Manifesto", by Atul Gawande regarding his use of checklists as part of his investment process.