Warren Buffett says he is “going quiet” — “sort of.” The legendary investor sent one of his famous letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this week as he prepares to retire as CEO at the end of the year and hand the reins to Gregory Abel. Reflecting on his 95 years, he wonders: “Can it be that there is some magic ingredient in Omaha’s water?”

Whatever the magic recipe, it created one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and compelling advocates for free markets. “The center of the United States was a very good place to be born, to raise a family, and to build a business," he notes. “Through dumb luck, I drew a ridiculously long straw at birth.”

Buffett is humble. He took over a struggling textile manufacturer 60 years ago and turned it into a more than $1 trillion conglomerate

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