The Interview Discusses:
- The secret to success in the investment business.
- His investment thesis on both Home Depot & Diageo.
- Why investing through the covid crisis was harder than investing through the financial crisis.
- How covid has impacted Markel’s insurance operations.
- His thoughts on Berkshire Hathaway investing in Markel.
- His observations of Warren Buffett as a fellow board member at The Washington Post.
- How Markel decides whether to invest in private companies through Markel Ventures or in public securities.
- Why he thinks it is possible for Markel Ventures to one day be larger than Markel’s equity portfolio.
- Why most investors who tried to use insurance operations as funding mechanisms have failed.
- How he decides to add to existing equity positions.
- The advantages of having low turnover in his equity portfolio that most investors do not appreciate.
- His thoughts on when it is appropriate to use leverage.
- Markel’s capital allocation priorities.
- His thoughts on the cable industry...
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