Investing legend Warren Buffett once said that “success in investing doesn’t correlate with I.Q. once you’re above the level of 125. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.”

In an attempt to understand exactly what kind of temperament Buffett was talking about, author Ronald Chan interviewed twelve value-investing legends from around the world, learning how their personal background, culture, and life experiences have shaped their investment mindset and strategy. The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers is the result.

From 106-year-old Irving Kahn, who worked closely with the “father of value investing” Benjamin Graham and remains active today; and 95-year-old Walter Schloss, described by Warren Buffett as the “super-investor from Graham-and-Doddsville;” to Cheah Cheng Hye and V-Nee Yeh, the cofounders of Hong Kong-based Value Partners; and Francisco García Paramés of Spain’s Bestinver Asset Management; author Ronald Chan chose investment luminaries to help him understand the international appeal—and success—of value investing. All of these individuals became strong advocates of the approach despite considerable age and cultural differences. Here, Chan finds out why.

In The Value Investors, readers will also discover how these investors, each of whom has a unique value perspective, have consistently beaten the stock market over the years. Do they share a trait that allows this to happen? Is there a winning temperament that turns the ordinary investor into an extraordinary one? This book answers these questions and much more.

Ronald W. Chan is the founder of Chartwell Capital Limited, an investment manage- ment company based in Hong Kong. He is a frequent contributor to financial newspapers and magazines in the Asia-Pacific region, and is the author of Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain: Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Top Business Leaders (Wiley). Chan received bachelor of science degrees in finance and accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University.