“I first learnt about Shelby Cullom Davis sometime in 2012 or 2013. Since then, I’ve realised that he’s seldom mentioned when people talk about the greatest investors. This is a pity, because I think he deserves a spot on the podium alongside the often-mentioned giants such as Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, Charlie Munger, and Peter Lynch. Davis’s story is well-chronicled by John Rothchild in the book, The Davis Dynasty. Davis started his investing career in the US with...
The three legendary investors I’m talking about here are Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and Shelby Davis.
Buffett is perhaps the most well-known investor in the world today, so he does not need an introduction. Meanwhile, his late mentor, Benjamin Graham, is revered as the father of the discipline of value investing. The last investor, Davis, is less known. In a recent article, The Greatest Investor You’ve Never Heard Of, I introduced him this way: