What is Charlie Munger?
{{Infobox person | name = Charlie Munger | image = Charlie Munger (cropped).jpg | caption = Munger at Berkshire Hathaway's 2010 shareholder meeting | birth_name = Charles Thomas Munger | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|28|1924|1|1|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Santa Barbara, California]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[University of Michigan]]<br/>[[Caltech|California Institute of Technology]]<br/>[[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]] | occupation = Vice Chairman, [[Berkshire Hathaway]] | known_for = Leading investments at [[Berkshire Hathaway]] with [[Warren Buffett]] | networth = [[US$]]2.7 billion (September 2023)<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-munger Profile], forbes.com; accessed March 13, 2018.</ref> | website = | signature = Charlie Munger Signature transparent.png }} '''Charles Thomas Munger''' (January 1, 1924 &ndash; November 28, 2023) was an American investor, businessman and philanthropist. He was vice chairman of [[Berkshire Hathaway]] alongside [[Warren Buffett]]. He was chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011. He was also chairman of the Daily Journal Corporation and a director of [[Costco|Costco Wholesale Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charlie Munger|url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/charlie-munger.asp|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Investopedia|language=en}}</ref> Munger was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], Nebraska, in 1924. As a teenager he worked at Buffett & Son, a grocery store owned by Warren Buffett's grandfather. Munger enrolled at the [[University of Michigan]], where he studied [[mathematics]] but dropped out a few days after his 19th birthday in 1943 to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a [[meteorology|meteorologist]], promoting to [[Lieutenant|second lieutenant]]. He later studied [[meteorology]] at the [[California Institute of Technology]] but did not graduate. Through the [[G.I. Bill]] Munger entered [[Harvard Law School]], graduating ''magna