I see regular posts on here and other subs regarding how much Berkshire is selling and how they are quickly building up a very large cash position. But I haven’t come across posts about what happens when the grim inevitable happens.
The current foundation of the company is attributed to the financial success largely brought to it by Buffet and his now deceased (at 99) contemporary Charlie Munger. Buffet is currently 94 years old; with no investing ‘equal’ to trade ideas with anymore; in a slowly changing landscape with retail investors now in the mix; and countless other factors.
I think if they go private they’ll be okay, but if not the future doesn’t seem too bright to me.
I am curious what others think will happen to BRKB/BRKA when the time comes? The most likely and immediate/short term answer: 📉
But what about afterwards, say 3/5/10 years down the line when the cash is reinvested? Can the success of the company remain as successful (if not more so) as it is now under a new CEO/management?
What Happens to Berkshire When Buffet Kicks the Bucket?
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Posted by HiroPr0tagoni5t
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Someone rises to the occasion. Fails. Has to use leverage. Fails harder. Short it to zero.
His son is going to take over. He has been working for the company for many years now learning from his father.
Dip then continues to rip up because the fundamentals and investing philosophy of the company won’t change.
Buying apple wasn’t even Buffett’s idea. It was one of his investing managers (Todd Combs).
We ride at dawn the day after comrade
I suspect nothing. The company will go on.
I think BRK will actually invest in tech companies (other than apple) at that point, should be an explosion in stock price at that point……..Up or down…….
Didnt someone already make this same point today?
Sure short term there may be a dip as a 🫰 reaction. Realistically, Warren has surrounded himself with people who think similarly to him at Berkshire. People he trusts to execute his vision. Berkshire will likely continue to operate as it always has and continue growing.
Just keep in mind it may be at a slower rate. Warren himself has said because of Berkshire’s size there’s just less opportunities
He won’t, there’s a reason he is sitting on a quarter trillion in cash, Buffet is about to morph into Peter Weyland
BUFFETT AI🚀
I mean… is he super involved in the day to day now? I imagine not.
Legit question – how much premium is there over the sum of all assets they hold?
Is it a lot?
Owe i wouldn’t worry. That man has dotted all the I’s and cross the all the t’s
Ever watched the TV show succession? It’ll be like that, but more boring because he doesn’t own media companies.
it’ll get hit 3-5% the day Buffet either retires or dies, whichever comes first, and then bounce back in a week or two.. they own all or a large stake in Geico, Burlington Northern, Apple, Bank of America, Amex, Kraft Heinz, Coke, and dozens of other powerhouses it’s not a valuable company because Buffet is still around, it’s because of what he built. BRK is basically a special ETF because it has some wholly owned companies in the mix, but essentially its own SPY, QQQ…
Do you think Warren Buffet is sitting behind a Commodore 64 computer placing trades on Robinhood?
It will be a sad day when he goes, but Berkshire will be OK
Buy the dip when he croaks
He said in an interview before he will buy SPY
There will be a violent battle to become the next Mr. Berkshire. Many will die. Pray it not be you.
The Oracle of Omaha is set to become vacuum-packed, digitized, and coded into the neural net of a relentless AI machine consciousness. Just another Tuesday in this deranged circus. You didn’t think he’d just fade away, did you?
Pretty sure they got tons of quants and would run similar or better to your run of the mill hedge fund, greg abel takes over though
Your once in a life time opportunity to buy in at red
Pretty sure this has come up a few times already.
And I am fairly certain the conclusion was that his successors are already running the show and he’s a figure head at this point.
🤷♂️ fill me in if I’m wrong.
Nothing much, 12% down then after a quarter earnings report will go back up and continues it’s usual day trading range.
Buffet is forcing them to sit on a mountain of cash because no opportunities in the modem world will ever meet his archaic threshold for “undervalued”.
With him out of the way his successors can start putting that cash to use. And you think this will cause the stock to go *down*?
Buying puts on buffet. Peak WSB
1 for 10,000 split
I’ve got $60 puts I expect to make a few trillion on
I call dibs. I called it.
I have a Berkshire fund just waiting to buy after his post death dip. It won’t last long.
It’s mooning lately. Wish I bought more months ago. But fortunately ive managed to purchase some over the past 2 years.
It’s already well-known that he has a succession plan.
First, they’re gonna cremate him. Then, they’re gonna mix his ashes into enough sour cream to fill the lake in Central Park. Then they’re gonna charge $3-a-piece for people who want to dip tortilla chips in the Warren Buffet Memorial Sour Cream Lake.
You know, just regular stuff.
If he dies he dies.
If Berkshire Hathawill, it Hathaway
Nothing, Buffet isn’t making big decisions anymore, he’s 94. It would be concerning if he was in charge.
He has in his will to disperse a 4 piece tendies to all wsb members
A couple of years back Buffett wrote in his annual letter that his son Howard would become Berkshire chairman after Warren’s passing and would dispose of his Berkshire shares over a 15 year period and donate the money to charity. Currently, Warren owns a majority of the voting shares and therefore has control of Berkshire.
Sometime time after he has passed, the share total remaining in Howard’s control will be insufficient to retain control and the company will become vulnerable to Wall Street interests like most companies.
When Wall Street can get voting control, I would not be surprised if the major investment banks and activist investors look to break up Berkshire and sell-off the major parts.
The allure of perhaps as much as $40 Billion in cumulative fees may make it irresistible for them to breakup Berkshire to “unlock shareholder value”. That’s baloney, of course, but the possible fees would be unlike anything they have previously seen.
I’m just an amateur, I could be wrong. I hope I am, it would be a shame to see Berkshire dissolved by Wall Street just to generate fees.