Warren Buffett's net assets fall in the amount of 8.1 billion US

Warren Buffett, the famous chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, recorded 8.1 billion dollars on Monday by 8.1 billion US dollars after the stock price of Berkshire and the official announcement that he will retire by the end of the year.

The assets of the 94-year-old investment icon, which is long in the performance of the Berkshire Hathaway share, is currently on an estimated $ 160 billion, according to the Bloomberg Milliardaires Index.

The one-day 5.7%loss of 5.7%, which corresponds to more than $ 8 billion, follows a decline in class B shares of 5.12%, which was closed on Monday at $ 512.15.

The shares of class A, which keeps Buffett the strongest, fell 5% from $ 809,000 to $ 769,000. The sharp decline extinguished the market capitalization of more than $ 30 billion and marked one of the largest individual praise for the company in the latest memory.

The market reaction took place just a few days after Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, where Buffett officially announced that he would step aside as a CEO at the end of 2025. Although confirmation was long expected, the confirmation of investors, of whom many buffets have seen constant hand as the core component of Berkshire's success and resilience.

Berkshires income in the first quarter was also overwhelmed. According to Factset, the company reported 6,694.59 USD to operating result per class A, about 5% under consensus estimates.

As Greg Abel, the deputy chair of Berkshire for non -insurance operations, investors are now preparing to deal with an era after the buffet, one that marks the end of a remarkable chapter in American capitalism.

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Buffett, who started his legendary investment career early, the son of a US Congressman, bought his first share at the age of 11 and submitted his first tax return at the age of 13, spent more than six decades at the head of Berkshire. Since he took control in 1965, he has achieved a composite annual profit of 19.8% per share market value and exceeded the wider market considerably.

Under his leadership, Berkshire has grown to a conglomerate of $ 700 billion, which has the company such as Geico, Clayton Homes and Dairy Queen and maintains considerable missions for companies such as Coca-Cola and American Express.
Buffett has around 37.4% of class A shares in Berkshire, which make up about 99.5% of his assets. Despite the latest loss, he remains ahead in 2025, due to strong profits of the spring, $ 18.5 billion.

Before his businessher, Buffett has obliged to give away most of his assets. In 2010, he and Bill Gates were co -founder of the Giving Plessge, an initiative that encourages billionaires to donate at least half of their wealth for charitable purposes. Buffett himself has undertaken to give away more than 99% of his assets, and has already donated around 62 billion US dollars, especially about Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the non -profit foundations of his children.

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