Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway sage

Warren Buffett, known as the 'Sage of Omaha', is a US investment guru and philanthropist who serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, an Omaha, Nebraska-based investment company. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of $82.2bn (as of 2 August 2018).

Born in Nebraska in 1930, he formed Buffett Partnership Ltd in 1956 and, by 1965, he had assumed control of Berkshire Hathaway, and now helms a conglomerate with holdings in the media, insurance, energy and food and beverage sectors. The publicly traded business has stakes in Coca-Cola and American Express. Berkshire Hathaway's 52-year average annual return is 20.8%.

Global

'Don't forget the growth': The lessons global equity managers can learn from Buffett

Company lifecycles

23 June 2021 • 4 min read

Bonds

'A bleak future': Is Warren Buffett wrong for saying investors should forget about bonds?

Criticism levelled at fixed income products

07 May 2021 • 1 min read

Equities

Warren Buffett appoints Greg Abel as next Berkshire Hathaway CEO

Veteran investor names successor

04 May 2021 • 1 min read

Investment

Four managers have 'beaten Buffett' over the past two decades

160 UK funds generate higher returns

27 April 2021 • 2 min read

Investment Trusts

A question of antitrust: Make jurisprudence great again

Is it time up for the tech giants?

28 October 2020 • 4 min read

Investment Trusts

Sanford DeLand pulls Buffettology Smaller Companies IPO after failing to meet £100m minimum

New trust ‘received a broad level of support’

26 October 2020 • 2 min read

Investment Trusts

Sanford DeLand preps UK Buffettology Smaller Companies IPO

UK Buffettology Smaller Companies investment trust

25 September 2020 • 2 min read

Equities

Ruffer's MacInnes and Ker: Money printer won't always go 'brrrrr'

Central banks are running out of ammunition

27 August 2020 • 6 min read

Economics

Warren Buffett: Coronavirus should not affect long-term investors

'Chance to buy'

26 February 2020 • 1 min read

Equities

Buffett reassures Berkshire investors on succession planning after underperformance

100% prepared

24 February 2020 • 3 min read