# @benzinga on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@benzinga/video/7597180227248246029
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53719455-benzinga-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/db9d4454e4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-19T20:59:57.000+00:00

## Caption

Charlie Munger On The Childhood Realization That Helped Make Him A Billionaire: 'Some Of The Adults Around Me Were Nuts' Munger’s Lifelong Quest To Diagnose Stupidity Speaking at the Daily Journal Corp. annual meeting in 2019, the then– Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK ) (NYSE: BRK ) vice chairman told shareholders that as a boy, "I could see some of the adults around me were nuts — yet they were very talented. I could see how much irrationality there was in very talented people. " Munger said that realization pushed him to "seek out the patterns" behind such behavior and try to understand why it happened, a process he jokingly described as "diagnosing stupidity. " "Who is not helped by an early start in a promising activity. And what activity could be more promising than diagnosing stupidity. Simple Rules And Cheerfulness Counter Irrational Thinking In a separate 2019 interview with CNBC's Becky Quick, Munger said he decided around age 7 to avoid envy, resentment and self-pity after watching how destructive those traits were in others. #warrenbuffett #charliemunger #billionaire #ai #tech

## Stats

- **Views:** 1,064
- **Likes:** 17
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Tags

charliemunger, warrenbuffett, billionaire, ai, tech

---
Copyright (c) Gondola