TIP721: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING 2025

W/ CLAY FINCK & KYLE GRIEVE

10 May 2025

In this episode, Clay and Kyle reflect on their weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha and play a few of their favorite clips from the Q&A session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Ajit Jain.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • Our thoughts on Buffett’s announced retirement of CEO at Berkshire Hathaway.
  • How Warren Buffett and Greg Abel’s management style might differ as CEO.
  • Why Buffett seeks to surround himself with wonderful people.
  • How Buffett and Abel balance patience with acting quickly and opportunitistically.
  • How Buffett and Abel view Berkshire’s investments in Japan.
  • The most important factor to consider when investing in emerging markets.
  • Berkshire’s recent investment activity and Buffett’s thoughts on today’s market.
  • And so much more!

TRANSCRIPT

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[00:00:00] Clay Finck: On today’s episode, Kyle and I reflect on our weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, and play a few of our favorite clips from the Q&A session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Ajit Jain. The weekend in Omaha is always one of my favorite of the year, as I get a chance to reconnect with kindred spirits and attend many wonderful events throughout the weekend.

[00:00:20] Clay Finck: In this episode, we cover our thoughts on Buffett’s announced retirement of CEO at Berkshire Hathaway. How Buffett enables management style might differ as CEO, why Buffett seeks to surround himself with wonderful people, how Buffett enabled balance patients with acting quickly and opportunistically, how Berkshire views their investments in Japan, their recent investment activity, and Buffett’s thoughts on today’s market and much more. With that, let’s get right to it.

[00:00:50] Intro: Since 2014 and through more than 180 million downloads, we’ve studied the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires the most. We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected. Now for your host, Clay Finck and Kyle Grieve.

[00:01:16] Clay Finck: Welcome to The Investor’s Podcast. I’m your host, Clay Fink. And today, Kyle and I, we just got back from the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, and we’ll be sharing our reflections from the meeting as well as a few of our favorite segments from the q and a session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Ajit Jain.

[00:01:33] Clay Finck: And amazingly, I heard at the start of this meeting that. This was Warren Buffett’s 60th annual shareholder meeting. So that, that sat alone is just like mind blowing. And it’s no surprise how popular the event was this year, and this is by far one of my favorite weekends of the year. You know, I get to be surrounded by kindred spirits and like-minded people.

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