Shareholder meeting season is in full swing. The headliner is undoubtedly Berkshire Hathaway's world-famous gathering in Omaha on Saturday, May 2.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel led the company's annual meeting for the first time this weekend, and investors at the event were largely positive on the presentation. "Greg and company delivered on content, examination of businesses and confidence in outlook," Macrae Sykes, a portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds.
The conglomerate's stock is down 6% this year, with the Class A shares finishing Friday trailing the S&P 500 by 11 percentage points.
New CEO Greg Abel did most of the talking at his first Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, but Warren Buffett was still a major presence.
Warren Buffett was a trailblazer in using media to build a business, Sahil Bloom says. The wealth guru said Buffett's letters and annual meeting helped to grow his and Berkshire's brands.
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to publish a report discussing how the conglomerate oversees its more than 387,000 employees at nearly 200 businesses.
I was in the room when Warren Buffett unexpectedly sat for an interview on Saturday. He warned of a "gambling mood" in markets during Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting.
Berkshire Hathaway's massive cash pile reached a new high, and operating earnings surged in the company's first quarter without Warren Buffett as CEO.
Warren Buffett acknowledged displeasure with the investing backdrop as Berkshire's cash hoard swells to records. “It isn't our ideal surrounding area — or environment, I should say — in terms of deploying cash for Berkshire,” the former CEO told CNBC's Becky Quick.
Shareholders at the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting got an unexpected lesson in artificial intelligence risks during the annual meeting, when Abel opened the Q&A session with a seemingly familiar face.
CNBC's Becky Quick sits down with Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett at the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.
Manufactured homebuilder Clayton Homes took a hit as potential buyers grappled with pressures such as high mortgage rates, Greg Abel said at the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting. “That's obviously driven by where interest rates are,” he said.