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Warren Buffett

Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025

United States · b. 1930

Business and finance

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Ran Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified holding company, from 1965 until stepping down as chief executive at the end of 2025. He studied under Benjamin Graham at Columbia Business School and has written an annual letter to Berkshire shareholders since the 1970s.

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Question What is your greatest fear? Identity & self read 278 other answers →
And now, you've got nine countries, including, you know, a guy in North Korea. I mean, and there will be, something will happen. And we worried enormously about it when there were two. And we had perfectly, we had really pretty sane leaders in Kennedy and Khrushchev. You know, I mean, you were not dealing with unstable people or anything like that.
Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC “Squawk Box”, recorded in Omaha; CNBC's own transcript of its own broadcast, 31 March 2026 source ↗
Question What is your idea of perfect happiness? Identity & self read 164 other answers →
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others.
Recorded His own pledge letter, written on joining the Giving Pledge in 2010, The Giving Pledge, 2010 source ↗

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