Collection: Charlie Munger - #97 'Why I Quit Practicing Law?'

Video Link: https://youtu.be/lgY9f6src9E

In this episode, Charlie Munger was asked how he got started into investment and why he quit practicing law?

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Charlie Munger quit practicing law?

• How Charlie Munger got started in the investment industry?

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[Transcript]

(Source: https://youtu.be/WaDU1J91hY8)

INTERVIEWER 00:00

And you didn't – Once, you started to get into investment. Your legal training, your mathematical background, your experiences...

CHARLIE MUNGER 00:09

Well –

INTERVIEWER 00:11

What came to be resident for you?

CHARLIE MUNGER 00:17

Well, what happened was there were things i didn't like about law practice. And – But I had an army of children to support and no family money or anything to start with. So I had to make my way in life for this army of children. And I had to – it was going to be a little difficult and there are things about law practice i saw were quite limiting.

And what happened was my pitifully small earnings as a young man, I kept underspending them. And I kept investing fairly boldly and fairly smartly. And at the end of my first 13 years of law practice, I had more liquid investments that I made in all those years of law practice, pre-tax. I'd done that in my spare time with these little tiny sums.

So it was natural for me, partly prompted by Warren Buffett's success, to think i should just start working for myself instead of for other people.

INTERVIEWER 01:26

So another connection –

CHARLIE MUNGER 01:27

In my spare time, I thought, well, what will happen if I do it full time?