Author

Books by William N. Thorndike

William N. Thorndike Jr. is an American private equity investor and founder of Housatonic Partners, a Boston-based investment firm. He has served on numerous corporate boards and has spent his career studying long-term business performance and capital allocation. The Outsiders, published in 2012, was praised by Warren Buffett as "the best business book I've read in years." Thorndike teaches a case study course based on the book's profiles. It remains his only major published work, though he writes occasionally on investment topics.