TIP721: Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2025 w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

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🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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In this episode, Clay and Kyle reflect on their weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha and play a few of their favorite clips from the Q&A session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Ajit Jain. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:16 - Our thoughts on Buffett’s announced retirement of CEO at Berkshire Hathaway. 07:07 - How Warren Buffett and Greg Abel’s management style might differ as CEO. 20:03 - Why Buffett seeks to surround himself with wonderful people. 35:03 - How Buffett and Abel balance patience with acting quickly and opportunitistically. 49:31 - How Buffett and Abel view Berkshire’s investments in Japan. 01:06:05 - The most important factor to consider when investing in emerging markets. 01:10:44 - Berkshire’s recent investment activity and Buffett’s thoughts on today’s market. And so much more! Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join Clay and a select group of passionate value investors for a retreat in Big Sky, Montana. Learn more ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Join the exclusive ⁠⁠TIP Mastermind Community⁠⁠ to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, Kyle, and the other community members. Watch the full shareholders meeting here. Related Episode: TIP629: Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2024 w/ Clay Finck & Kyle Grieve. Related Episode: TIP551: Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2023 w/ Clay Finck. Related Episode: TIP446: Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2022 w/ Stig Brodersen & Trey Lockerbie. Follow Kyle on X and LinkedIn. Follow Clay on X and LinkedIn. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our ⁠⁠Premium Feed⁠⁠. NEW TO THE SHOW? Get smarter about valuing businesses in just a few minutes each week through our newsletter, ⁠⁠The Intrinsic Value Newsletter⁠⁠. Check out our ⁠⁠We Study Billionaires Starter Packs⁠⁠. Follow our official social media accounts: ⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: ⁠⁠TIP Finance Tool⁠⁠. Enjoy exclusive perks from our ⁠⁠favorite Apps and Services⁠⁠. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the ⁠⁠best business podcasts⁠⁠. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our ⁠⁠sponsors⁠⁠: ⁠SimpleMining⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Hardblock⁠⁠ ⁠⁠AnchorWatch⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DeleteMe⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CFI Education⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Vanta⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Indeed⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Shopify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Vanta⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Bitcoin Way⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Onramp⁠ HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a ⁠⁠rating and review⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Support our show by becoming a premium member! ⁠⁠https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:02.8	On today's episode, Kyle and I reflect on our weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway
0:06.9	annual shareholders meeting in Omaha and play a few of our favorite clips from the
0:10.7	Q&A session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Aegee Jane. The weekend in Omaha is always
0:16.3	one of my favorite of the year as I get a chance to reconnect with kindred spirits and attend many
0:21.6	wonderful events throughout the weekend. In this episode, we cover our thoughts on Buffett's
0:26.3	announced retirement of CEO at Berkshire Hathaway, how Buffett enables management style might differ
0:31.7	as CEO, why Buffett seeks to surround himself with wonderful people, how Buffett enabled
0:36.8	balance patience with acting quickly and opportunistically.
0:40.3	How Berkshire views their investments in Japan, their recent investment activity, and
0:44.3	Buffett's thoughts on today's market, and much more.
0:47.3	With that, let's get right to it.
0:49.3	Since 2014 and through more than 180 million downloads,
0:57.0	we've studied the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires the most.
1:03.0	We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.
1:06.0	Now for your hosts, Clay Fink and Kyle Greve.
1:24.9	Welcome to the Investors podcast. I'm your host, Clay Fink. And today, Kyle and I, we just got back from the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha,
1:27.9	and we'll be sharing our reflections from the meeting, as well as a few of our favorite
1:31.5	segments from the Q&A session with Warren Buffett, Greg Abel, and Aegee, Jane.
1:36.7	And amazingly, I heard at the start of this meeting that this was Warren Buffett's 60th annual
1:43.7	shareholder meeting. So that sat alone. It's just like
1:46.7	mind-blowing. And it's no surprise how popular the event was this year. And this is by far one
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