Carol J. Loomis is
a senior editor-at-large at Fortune, where she has worked since 1954. She has been the
magazine’s expert on Warren Buffett since 1966 and has edited his annual
letter to shareholders since 1977. Her many honors include five lifetime
achievement awards, including a Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism and
Time Inc.’s first-ever Henry Luce Award. She lives in Westchester County.