Bangalore: What makes an investor successful? ‘Education, Patience or Luck’ - May be all of them. You can try all these if you want to make money by investing, but there are few icons who are simply incredible in this field and have set phenomenal examples of stocking. Meet one such greatest investors of all time – Philip Fisher.

Fisher was one of the most dominant and influential investors. His investment philosophies are still widely studied and applied in the investing world. His classic, “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” are worshiped by investment professionals. This was also the first investment book to be in the New York Times bestseller list.

Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in the world, calls Fisher a “giant”. Buffet’s investment strategies are said to be have a profound influence of Fisher’s philosophies.

Morningstar declared Philip Fisher as ‘one of the great investors of all time’ which is probably not much of a justice to him as Fisher received a much more prestigious endorsement from the Oracle of Omaha. Warren Buffet claims that his investing is 85 per cent Graham and 15 per cent Fisher. But Valuewalk.com believes that “Buffett is more 85 per cent Fisher and 15 per cent Graham at this point.”