Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett at a glance

Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc will this weekend welcome tens of thousands of people to Omaha for the company's annual shareholder gathering, which Buffett calls "Woodstock for Capitalists."It almost wasn't to be.Prior to taking over Berkshire on May 10,1965, Buffett had planned to sell back his shares in what was then a struggling textile company. But he got angry when the term sheet showed a price 12-1/2 cents a share less than he agreed to. He responded by buying all the shares he could, until he won control.Fifty-one years later, Berkshire is an energy, insurance, manufacturing, railroad, retailing and investment empire with close to 90 companies, well over $100 billion of common stock investments, and a market value around $364 billion.The following comes from Berkshire and other sources.Berkshire information

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Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett at a glance