Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), is one of the most successful investors of all time. Since taking over the once-struggling textile company in 1965, Buffett and his team have generated total returns on capital 153 times greater than those of the benchmark S 500. He was schooled in the art of value investing from Benjamin Graham, the author of the iconic investing tome The Intelligent Investor, and subsequently adapted it to fit his style.

Buffett's slight modifications to Graham's quantitative, value-based investing model include a heavier emphasis on management quality, a company's competitive advantages, and more often than not, a company's dividend growth potential. Not all of Berkshire Hathaway's stock holdings pay dividends, but most of the conglomerate's largest and longest holdings are blue chip dividend payers with a long track record of regular increases to the payout.

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