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Bill Anders
Summary
The CEO of General Dynamics Corp. in the early 1990s, whose brilliant execution convinced Warren Buffett to become a long-term core shareholder.
Timeline & Role
- 1992: While Buffett was originally playing an arbitrage situation with General Dynamics' Dutch tender offer, he began studying Bill Anders' accomplishments in the brief time he'd been CEO. "And what I saw made my eyes pop," Buffett wrote. Anders had a rational strategy and implemented it with a profound sense of urgency, generating remarkable results and aggressive share repurchases. 1992 Letter
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But then I began studying the company and the accomplishments of Bill Anders in the brief time he’d been CEO. And what I saw made my eyes pop: Bill had a clearly articulated and rational strategy; he had been focused and imbued with a sense of urgency in carrying it out; and the results were truly remarkable.