Managers laud Buffett on guru's 80th birthday

The UK's top fund managers have paid tribute to the influence and lessons of Warren Buffett on ‘The Sage of Omaha's' 80th birthday.

Buffett, the world's most respected investor, built Berkshire Hathaway from a small textile group to an S&P 500 stock with positions in companies all over the globe. Highly-regarded UK fund managers Neil Woodford and Anthony Bolton are among those who have used the lessons of Buffett to shape their own investment careers. "Warren Buffett is an investor for whom I have great admiration. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an exceptional ability to identify attractive investment opportunities and to invest in them with conviction for long-term success," Woodford says. "Certain...