Although Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is just as fallible as every other investor, you wouldn't know it by comparing the aggregate return of his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to the benchmark S 500 over a period spanning nearly six decades.

Since the "Oracle of Omaha" took over as CEO in the mid-1960s, he's overseen just shy of a 5,000,000% aggregate return, which compares quite favorably to the nearly 35,000% total return, including dividends, delivered by the S 500 over the same span. An outperformance of this magnitude has made Buffett a popular investor to emulate on Wall Street.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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