By Bob Hoge
Charlie Munger, an investment genius who eventually became Warren Buffett’s right-hand man at Berkshire Hataway, the multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, died peacefully at age 99 Tuesday at California hospital.
Munger, who in 1978 rose to the position of vice chairman at the investment giant, would have turned 100 on New Year’s Day.
He had already made a fortune in investing and insurance before he joined up with Buffett, who credited him with changing his investment strategy from focusing on troubled companies to targeting higher quality but underpriced businesses…