Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) is well-known for delivering incredible returns for investors in the 60 years since Warren Buffett took control of the company -- and for good reason. Since Buffett took over in 1964, Berkshire has delivered an unbelievable 4,384,748% total return for investors.

Think about that for a minute. This means that a $10,000 investment in Berkshire at that time would be worth $438 million today. For comparison, a $10,000 investment in the S 500 over the same period would be worth $3.1 million -- still a respectable return, but not in the same ballpark.

That massive total-return figure makes an excellent statistic for writers like me to use. But the reality is that even most of the long-term investors reading this don't have a 60-year time horizon in mind. And let's face it -- very few people would have been interested in Berkshire Hathaway at the time (it was little more than a struggling textile company).

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