As we saw this past weekend, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett knows how to captivate an audience. Over the past 50 years, Berkshire's annual shareholder meetings have grown from a couple dozen people to an event that regularly draws in excess of 30,000 investing enthusiasts and shareholders. 

The reason investors flock to Omaha, Nebraska is to hear the Oracle of Omaha discuss everything from his investment philosophy to the state of the U.S. economy and stock market. Since taking the reins at Berkshire in the mid-1960s, Buffett has led his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a total return of 3,974,186% as of the closing bell on May 5, 2023.

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

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