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Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

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Re: Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

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Wow, not sure why this surprises me, but I guess I figured he would be like Charlie and keep working until he passed.

Had to look this up because I am not rich enough to be on a first-name basis with my close personal billionaire friend Charles Thomas Munger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger

Re: Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

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post #3

Wow, not sure why this surprises me, but I guess I figured he would be like Charlie and keep working until he passed.

I would assume this means that he is not in great health. Hopefully I'm wrong and he just decided that 85 years or so of hustling for dollars was enough.

Re: Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

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post #6
post #3

Wow, not sure why this surprises me, but I guess I figured he would be like Charlie and keep working until he passed.

Had to look this up because I am not rich enough to be on a first-name basis with my close personal billionaire friend Charles Thomas Munger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger

> Had to look this up because I am not rich enough to be on a first-name basis with my close personal billionaire friend Charles Thomas Munger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger

It's almost certain that the GP isn't either, and is only parasocially on a first name basis.

Re: Buffett to step down following six-decade run atop Berkshire

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post #3

Wow, not sure why this surprises me, but I guess I figured he would be like Charlie and keep working until he passed.

I would assume this means that he is not in great health. Hopefully I'm wrong and he just decided that 85 years or so of hustling for dollars was enough.

At 94, if he had a health concern, I don't think he'd be planning out 7 months for stepping down.
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