Buffett plans to attend, but not take questions, at next year's Berkshire shareholder meeting

OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett plans to attend, but not instrumentality questions, astatine adjacent year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder gathering — a large alteration pursuing his caller astonishment status announcement.

Buffett's handpicked successor, Greg Abel, told the Omaha World-Herald that Berkshire plans a shareholder gathering for the archetypal play of May that volition person a question-and-answer session. But Buffett, who plans to stay arsenic Berkshire's chairman, plans to beryllium with the conglomerate's committee of directors and not beryllium connected signifier taking questions.

The yearly shareholder gathering attracts immoderate 40,000 radical to Omaha successful what's been dubbed “Woodstock for Capitalists." The marathon Q&A sessions held by Buffett, the world's astir important capitalist known for his wit and self-effacing humor, person been a large draw.

The 94-year-old Buffett shocked an arena afloat of shareholders earlier this period by announcing astatine the extremity of a five-hour Q&A that helium volition discontinue astatine the extremity of the year. Susie Buffett, Buffett’s daughter, told the World-Herald that Buffett wants Abel to grip the question-and-answer sessions going forward.

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