Buffett NYT, Page Benchmark

April 8, 2024 Lehan Edirisinghe

A brief page about Buffett NYT and Page Benchmark.

Saying Wow

5:00 p.m. (c)

Wow

The image is a screenshot of a page from a PDF titled "Eiteman D. Multinational Business Finance 16ed 2023.pdf" viewed on the Preview application. The page number is 117 out of 635. The content focuses on "Structural Ownership Differences Across the World" as part of "GLOBAL FINANCE IN PRACTICE 4.2." The text discusses how ownership influences organizational processes globally, highlighting differences in ownership structures in various regions such as the United States, Advanced Asia, China, and Latin America.
A key feature of the page is a chart titled "Ownership by Investor Category, Regions of the World," which visually represents the distribution of ownership by different investor categories like private corporations, public sector, strategic individuals, institutional investors, and other free-float across different regions. The source of the data is the "OECD capital market dataset, end year 2017."
The document's layout is clean, with a focus on readable text and a well-organized chart. The colors in the chart are muted pastels, making it easy to distinguish different categories. The text is structured in two columns, with a notable section bordered in a pale yellow box, which draws attention to the specific topic of structural ownership differences.

Eminem’s “Business” and Its Batman-Robin Lyrics

5:15 p.m.

Eminem -- Business

https://youtu.be/P05bTId-92A

[Intro: Eminem & Dr. Dre]

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[Verse 1: Eminem]

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Looks like Batman brought his own Robin

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[Chorus: Eminem & Dr. Dre]

Let's get down to business

I don't got no time to play around, what is this?

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[Verse 2: Eminem]

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[Chorus: Eminem & Dr. Dre]

[Verse 3: Eminem & Dr. Dre]

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[Chorus: Eminem & Dr. Dre]

[Outro: Eminem]

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Larry Page is depicted in this black and white portrait. He is wearing a dark suit jacket over a black shirt, exuding a formal yet approachable demeanor. His hair is short and light-colored, styled neatly. Larry Page has a subtle smile, suggesting a relaxed and confident mood. The image is clear and high-resolution, emphasizing his facial features and expression. The background is plain white, focusing attention solely on him. The lighting is even, highlighting his face and attire without creating harsh shadows. This portrait, likely captured in a controlled indoor setting, presents Larry Page in a professional context, reflecting his stature in the business and technology world.

Admiring Larry Page’s Leadership at Google

7:30 p.m. (d)

I like Larry Page.

I think he's the benchmark leader.

I love the way he managed Google, from the start. I think Sergey Brin, and then Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Paul Buchheit, Craig Nevill-Manning, and these people like Omid Kordestani (Pearson) or Salar Kamangar.

Larry Page, ran a good operation. His honesty as a partner, to Sergey, his wealth being on par, with both listed very closely in wealth-rankings, is something very rare (in a world, where most are envious, betray and end relationships), showing his sincerity, his loyalty and good-will.

I admire his original motto, "don't be evil" (Buchheit). He put his values into the business. This was copied by every business in the world. Every business depends on Google to function, people depend on Google for their directions home. They check facts with it, to stay alive.

I would say, he combined the best of the best in:

1. vision with his dreams of a research database for academics -- like Steve,

2. humanistic, friendly team building -- like Zuck,

3. with a good, free business model -- that Wozniak would love,

4. he showed humility throughout it, very impressively -- like Bill Gates, and

5. he's shown operational precision -- similar to Tim Cook.

I admire Larry Page, above all the other leaders of the world, in politics, or business or academia for those reasons.

Although, I have a slightly better haircut