Here’s a fun stat: Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting was once called “Woodstock for Capitalists.” Last year, 40,000 people showed up. This year, Buffett will still be on stage, but he’ll share the spotlight. It’s a tiny shift that signals a seismic reality: no one is irreplaceable, but everyone is invaluable.
Another quirky note: Buffett once bought a struggling textile mill called Berkshire Hathaway in 1965. He joked it was “the dumbest stock I ever bought.” Yet that dumb purchase became his empire. Letting go of that empire doesn’t mean losing control—it means letting it breathe.
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