"[[RC Willey]]’s Idaho store opened in 1999 and was an instant success, ringing up sales of $85 million during 2000. Child transferred the property to [[Berkshire Hathaway|Berkshire]], and Berkshire wrote him a check. As [[Warren Buffett|Buffett]] noted, highlighting the uniqueness of Berkshire’s corporate culture that this represents: “**If a manager has behaved similarly at some other public corporation, I haven’t heard about it.**” ([Location 1962](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00K33E460&location=1962))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[character]] , [[reputation]] , [[trust]] , [[acquisitions]] , [[organisational-culture]] **Source** -- [[202407260951 - B - Berkshire Beyond Buffett]]