On Saturday, May 6, starting at 9:15 a.m. Central Time (10:15 p.m. Beijing time), Buffett, who turned 93, and his old partner, Munger, 99, will attend the Q&A session at Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Shareholders' Meeting on August 30 this year.
This is the second time that an annual shareholders' meeting has been held offline since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 59th time Buffett has attended a lengthy Q&A session. As proof of vaccination is no longer required, outsiders expect a significant increase in the number of participants this time, possibly returning to 30,000 people before the pandemic.
It is worth noting that the macro background at the time of this conference was quite unsettled: The US banking industry is in turmoil, debt ceiling negotiations are at an impasse, the economy is on the brink of recession, geopolitical conflicts continue to heat up, artificial intelligence is bringing major opportunities and risks. Investors with a “pilgrimage” mentality are eagerly looking forward to hearing the “Omaha Prophet” reviews and investment wisdom of the “Prophets of Omaha” on the era of great change.
Consistent with the tradition of offline meetings before 2020 was disrupted by the pandemic, shareholder admission cards will be issued at Omaha CHI Health Center on Friday local time, and a product shopping day for Berkshire's subsidiaries will be held. Before Saturday's Q&A session begins, Berkshire will release its first quarter earnings report at 8 a.m. EST, and there will also be a 5 km “invest in yourself” jogging event on Sunday morning.
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