Leon Cooperman
Leon Cooperman.
  • Warren Buffett wrote to Leon Cooperman about stock buybacks, taxing the rich, and Henry Singleton.
  • When Cooperman was mulling a presidential run, Buffett joked he could "deliver Nebraska" for him.
  • Cooperman shared a trio of messages he received from Buffett in his newly published memoir.

Warren Buffett wrote to Leon Cooperman about subjects ranging from Henry Singleton and Teledyne to stock buybacks, income taxes, and Cooperman's potential presidential bid.

Cooperman, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs' asset management division, shared three missives from Buffett in his newly published memoir: "From the Bronx to Wall Street: My Fifty Years in Finance and Philanthropy."

Here are the three messages and the context around them: