I was still in college when I picked up a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham (not Intelligent Investor, the original version of Outlook Money). I was not hooked to it as some of my friends, who later went on to be part of the investment management world. It was the time I also started reading about Warren Buffett, which was interesting and I must confess I was influenced by what I read. I started following everything that was available on Buffett and his infallible Berkshire Hathaway. I also discovered that Mr. Buffett’s Hathaway got the controlling stake in Geico (Government Employees Insurance Company) way back in 1996.