Warren Buffett: His Life, Letters, Meetings and Ideas
Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years. He turned a small textile company into one of the largest companies in the world. He was CEO until the end of 2025 and chairman until September 18, 2026. Today he is chairman emeritus and still a director.
This page brings together what Good Investing has on him: the best free documentaries and interviews, and our transcripts of the Berkshire annual meetings since 1994. New topic pages follow.
Key facts
- Born: 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska. He still lives in the house he bought there in 1958 (Thanksgiving letter, November 10, 2025).
- Berkshire: he has served the company since 1965 and took the reins at 34 (letter of September 18, 2026).
- CEO: until the end of 2025. Greg Abel has been CEO since January 1, 2026.
- Chairman: until September 18, 2026. Since then he has been chairman emeritus and a director. His son Howard Buffett is chairman.
- Letters: he wrote Berkshire’s annual letters for 1965 to 2024. Since November 2025 he writes a yearly Thanksgiving message instead.
Who is Warren Buffett?
Warren Buffett is an American investor and business owner. He is best known as the long-time chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire owns businesses like GEICO, BNSF Railway and See’s Candies, and large stakes in public companies.
He grew up in Omaha. He worked for his teacher Ben Graham in New York from 1954 and came back to Omaha in 1956. In 1959 he met Charlie Munger, who became his partner at Berkshire until Munger’s death in 2023.
His life in dates (from his own letters):
| Year | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Born in Omaha, Nebraska. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 1954 | Takes a job with Ben Graham in New York. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 1956 | Returns to Omaha “never to wander again”. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 1958 | Buys his first and only home in Omaha. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 1959 | Meets Charlie Munger. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 1965 | Starts to serve Berkshire Hathaway. | letter of September 18, 2026 |
| 2006 | Pledges to give away his Berkshire shares. | Thanksgiving letter 2024 |
| 2025 | Says he is “going quiet” and names Greg Abel as “the boss at yearend”. | Thanksgiving letter 2025 |
| 2026 | Greg Abel writes the annual letter (February 28) and leads the meeting (May 2). Buffett becomes chairman emeritus (September 18). | Berkshire news release |
What is Buffett’s role at Berkshire today?
Buffett is chairman emeritus and a member of the board. Greg Abel runs the company as CEO. Howard Buffett, a director since 1993, is the non-executive chairman. Susan Decker stays lead independent director.
“Greg runs the company; Howard will guard its culture and values – both worth more than anything on our balance sheet.”
Warren Buffett, letter of September 18, 2026 · read the letter
He still talks to shareholders once a year. In November 2025 he wrote that he will keep “talking to you and my children about Berkshire via my annual Thanksgiving message”.
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Videos
Documentaries, interviews and speeches
40 free films, interviews and talks on Buffett and Munger, including the full interviews from Becoming Warren Buffett.
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Berkshire annual meeting transcripts
Our full transcripts of every meeting from 1994 to 2026, with chapters and time stamps.
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Free Berkshire Hathaway resources
Letters, the Owner’s Manual, Munger talks and the analysts worth following. All free, in the order we would read them.
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What does Good Investing have on Warren Buffett?
We have followed Berkshire for years and go to the annual meeting in Omaha. Our pages build on three kinds of sources:
- Meeting transcripts: our own transcripts of 33 Berkshire annual meetings, 1994 to 2026. See all Berkshire annual meeting transcripts.
- Letters: the shareholder letters from 1965 to 2024 on berkshirehathaway.com, and his news-release letters since 2023.
- The meeting itself: our Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2027 guide helps you plan your own trip to Omaha.
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