Leucadia National

Over the past week I have seen two articles about Leucadia National, referring to it as the Baby Berkshire. Leucadia has grown at an annual rate of 33% since 1978 by making timely acquisitions of beaten down companies.

I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that Leucadia Director Jay Nichols is teaching a class on profitable entrepreneurial growth at the University of Kansas School of Business this semester, and one of the companies he is planning on discussing is Leucadia. KU continues to build on a solid curriculum in investment management and value investing.

On a side note, KU finance students will travel to Omaha on December 2nd for a question and answer session with Warren Buffett. I had the opportunity to be a part of last year's team that had the opportunity to present an investment idea to Buffett, it was an incredible opportunity. This year's group is currently evaluating two private and one public company to potentially present to Buffett on the second.

Timothy Burger
timothyb(at)timothyburger.com