Where do real finance pros/future legends get their business data ?

For general analysis. Where does a Bill Gates, a Warren Buffett, a Stephen Schwarzman, Carlos Slim Helu. Where do these guys get data to make investment decisions ?

I know WB reads annual reports. I can't imagine him sitting down in front of a Bloomberg Terminal or using S&P Capital IQ.

There's no way in hell these guys look at Yahoo finance and then make an analysis. At the same time I'd imagine they're too busy to go through an actual annual report.

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