- Company
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Role
- Chairman & CEO
- Est. Net Worth
- $145 Billion (Est.)
- Stage
- Elite
- Industry
- Finance
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO at Berkshire Hathaway
About
Warren Buffett has led Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, building it into a $900 billion conglomerate through disciplined value investing. Known as the Oracle of Omaha, Buffett is one of the most successful investors in history and has pledged to give away over 99% of his wealth through the Giving Pledge.
Current Company
Berkshire Hathaway — Chairman & CEO
The Oracle of Omaha
Warren Buffett bought his first stock at age 11 and filed his first tax return at age 13, claiming a $35 deduction for his bicycle. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett studied under Benjamin Graham at Columbia Business School, where he learned the principles of value investing that would define his career. After running several investment partnerships in the 1950s and 1960s, Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway — then a struggling textile manufacturer — and transformed it into a holding company for his investments.
Over the next six decades, Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into a $900 billion conglomerate that owns GEICO, BNSF Railway, Dairy Queen, Duracell, and dozens of other businesses, while maintaining major equity positions in Apple, Coca-Cola, American Express, and Bank of America. Buffett's compounding record — turning an original investment of roughly $10 million into hundreds of billions — is widely considered the greatest sustained investing performance in history.
The Philanthropist Who Kept His Values
Warren Buffett announced in 2006 that he would give away over 99% of his wealth, primarily through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and family foundations. He co-founded the Giving Pledge with Bill and Melinda Gates, encouraging other billionaires to commit the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. Despite his staggering net worth, Buffett is famous for living modestly — he still lives in the same Omaha house he bought in 1958 for $31,500.
As Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett announced in 2025 that he would step down at year's end, handing the CEO role to Greg Abel. His annual shareholder letters, delivered in plain-spoken prose free of jargon, have become the most widely read documents in the investment world. Buffett's legacy isn't just the returns — it's the demonstration that patience, integrity, and independent thinking can compound into something extraordinary.