... “Howard” from Warren. ” Still, at one point in the conver-sation, my father referred to Warren as “Howard.” If Warren noticed,he gave no sign and certainly did not correct my father. This occurredsporadically ... eight, he began reading hisfather’s books on the stock market; at age eleven, he marked the board at the brokerage house where his father worked. His early years were en-livened with entrepreneurial ... father was an important influence on Warren Buffett and, as Mr. Hagstrom writes, my father’s influence fig-ured more prominently in Buffett s thinking in recent years. For hispart, as my father...