Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: ‘We made a lot of money' but here's 'what we really wanted’沃伦·巴菲特和查理·芒格：“我们赚了很多钱”但这才是“我们真正想要的”。

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have been friends for over 60 years and business partners since 1978. During that time, they've both become billionaires while building Berkshire Hathaway into a $630 billion investment giant.沃伦·巴菲特和查理·芒格自 1978 年以来一直是 60 多年的朋友和商业伙伴。在那段时间里，他们都成为亿万富翁，同时将伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司打造成为一家价值 6300 亿美元的投资巨头。

But, to hear the two wealthy nonagenarians tell it, at least, all of that money wasn't even the biggest prize of their decades-long partnership. 但是，听到这两个富有的近百岁老人说起它，至少，所有这些钱都不是他们数十年合作关系的最大奖品。

"We made a lot of money but what we really wanted was independence," Buffett, the 90-year-old investing icon, told CNBC's Becky Quick in an interview that aired on Tuesday as part of the special, "Buffett & Munger: A Wealth of Wisdom." “我们赚了很多钱，但我们真正想要的是独立，”这位 90 岁的投资偶像在接受 CNBC 的 Becky Quick 采访时说，该采访是上周二播出的特别节目“巴菲特和芒格：A 智慧财富。”

Buffett went on to explain that the "independence" he and Munger sought had to do with having the freedom to choose who they associate with on a day-to-day basis, whether that's in business or their personal lives. 巴菲特继续解释说，他和芒格所寻求的“独立”与在日常工作中自由选择与谁交往有关，无论是在商业还是个人生活中。

"What's really great is if you can do what you want to do in life and associate with who you want to associate in life, and we've both had that spirit all the way through," Buffett said, calling it "one of the luxuries of life."巴菲特说：“真正伟大的是，如果你能在生活中做你想做的事，并与你想在生活中交往的人交往，我们俩一直都有这种精神，所谓奢侈的生活。”

Berkshire's success has meant that Buffett and Munger have spent decades calling their own shots in terms of the companies they invest in and the employees or partners they work with, and they've been able to do it all while working closely with each other.伯克希尔·哈撒韦的成功意味着，巴菲特和芒格花了几十年的时间在他们投资的公司以及与之合作的员工或合作伙伴方面做出自己的决定，并且他们能够在彼此密切合作的同时做到这一切。

"If we associated with jerks, that was our problem, but we didn't have to. We've had that luxury now for 60 years, or close to it," Buffett added, calling that freedom more important than other trappings of wealth, such as expensive material items: "That beats 25-room houses, or six cars."巴菲特补充说：“如果我们与混蛋联系在一起，那是我们的问题，但我们不必这样做。我们现在已经拥有这种奢侈 60 年了，或者接近它了，”巴菲特称这种自由比其他财富标志更重要 ，例如昂贵的材料物品：“这比 25 个房间的房子或 6 辆汽车要好。”

"It's better to associate with people who are better than you are," Buffett said, referring specifically to his friendship with Munger.“与比你优秀的人交往会更好，”巴菲特说，特指他与芒格的友谊。