This Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will descend upon Omaha for the company’s annual meeting, just as they have for over 60 years. But for the first time ever, they’ll be doing so without Warren Buffett sitting in as company CEO.
Though Buffett, 95, will still be in attendance this year, he’s not set to speak, according to the meeting schedule. And yet, though he’ll be less hands-on this year, Buffett is still chairman of Berkshire’s board of directors and remains the company’s largest shareholder, holding about 30% of the voting interest and 13.7% of the economic interest.
