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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway is controlled by Warren Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the company which owns a range of companies, including GEICO and NetJets, a substantial stake in Heinz, and has stakes in American Express, Procter & Gamble and IBM. The company is noted for outperforming the stock market under the leadership of Buffett, a value investor.
Born
30 Aug 1930
Industry
Business
Job Title
Businessman
Li Lu, founder and chairman of Himalaya Capital, speaks at an event in New York City on May 05, 2023. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
China stock market

Chinese stocks an undervalued opportunity: Charlie Munger disciple

Value-investing adherent Li Lu of Himalaya Capital says excellent firms are trading at low prices relative to their competitiveness.

China stock market

As Buffett exits, China embraces his investment legacy. Will Wall Street buy it?

United States

Howard replaces his father, Warren Buffett, as Berkshire Hathaway chairman

Colombia

Colombian minister’s Caribbean holiday amid quake crisis stokes fury

The opposition said it would bring a motion of no confidence in Jaime Andres Beltran for taking leave at such a critical time.

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Colombian Housing Minister Jaime Andres Beltran has faced backlash for going on a Caribbean holiday during the country’s earthquake crisis. Photo: X/VillanueAle
A drone view of a neighbourhood with collapsed buildings in Pereira, Colombia, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of the earthquake victims in Cali, Colombia, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Colombian Housing Minister Jaime Andres Beltran (centre). Photo: X/soyjaimeandres
Colombian navy members work as search operations continue at the Torres de Limonar building in Cali, Colombia, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Musk’s headaches: meet China’s corporate matrix challenging his empire

From Tesla to SpaceX, Starlink and Neuralink, Chinese companies are giving – or trying to give – Elon Musk’s firms a run for their money.

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Berkshire Hathaway

Will Warren Buffett’s firm lose its aura in China as he steps back?

As the company’s new leader makes a mark by ending a 14-quarter net-selling streak, analysts discuss the staying power of value investing.

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Trending in China

‘Little Warren Buffetts’: Chinese parents send kids to financial literacy camps

‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps.

Over the past two years, financial quotient (FQ) training classes aimed at transforming youngsters into “mini Warren Buffetts” have surged in popularity among parents eager to equip their children with money management skills. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/RedNote
United States

Buffett cuts off donations to Bill Gates’ charity after Epstein revelations

The two men are old friends but have not spoken since the Epstein files – which included photos of the Microsoft co-founder – were released.

International Property

Berkshire Hathaway’s multibillion-dollar Taylor Morrison buy to boost confidence

While Chinese investors are turning away from America, the conglomerate’s US$6.8 billion cash acquisition could encourage more home sales.

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Investing

Why more Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies are building cash buffers

Cash holdings rise among traditional firms listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai as productive places to deploy capital dwindle, analysts say.

In today’s environment, with China’s recovery still uneven and private-sector investment appetite weak, companies are finding fewer productive places to deploy capital, according to an analyst. Photo: Shutterstock
US-Venezuela conflict

Opinion | Forget Venezuela and Greenland – here is the real trillion-dollar question

As the world fixates on US military adventurism, trillion-dollar shifts in trade, R&D and debt are rebalancing the global economy and geopolitics.

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China has become the first nation to post a US$1 trillion annual trade surplus, while the US is adding that much to its national debt every 71 days. Photo: Reuters
Trending in China

China ‘billion-dollar investor’ claims to have ‘love brain’, posts marriage ad

‘Rather fat’, ‘patriotic and nationalistic’ money markets player insists his intentions are noble; insists he is ‘seriously’ looking for a wife.

Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett endorses Greg Abel as successor in final letter to shareholders

Buffett, who transformed Berkshire from a failing textile company to a US$1.07 trillion conglomerate, will be ‘going quiet’.

Technology

Opinion | Six steps to navigate US-China tariff war and AI bubble

While uncertainty is a defining characteristic of our time, there are some fundamental trends that can show a way forward.

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A container ship waits to berth at the port of Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, on August 4. Photo: AFP
Commodities

Macroscope | Global uncertainty driving gold prices higher despite bubble fears

Even with stock markets surging, the price of gold is hitting new records as investors seek out stability.

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People walk past jewellery shops and gold dealers in Hatton Garden, London, Britain, on October 8. Photo: EPA
SCMP Highlights

Warren Buffett exits BYD, Xiaomi recalls more than 100,000 SU7s: 7 EV reads

From Hong Kong’s first potential electric car manufacturing plant to BYD eyeing a sales boost, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI investment and Cathie Wood’s endorsement send shares to 4-year high

Prominent US fund manager buys US$16.3 million worth of shares in a vote of confidence for the firm’s focus on AI and on-demand delivery services.

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IPO

Chery Auto IPO shows China confidence withstands economic clouds

Demand for shares of China’s largest auto exporter shows that investors are undeterred by risks hovering over the nation’s economy.

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Hong Kong stock market

Warren Buffett exits BYD amid China’s cutthroat EV market

Berkshire Hathaway whittles its holding in the Chinese EV maker back to zero amid slowing sales and shrinking profits.

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Meet Warren Buffett’s accomplished granddaughter-in-law, Lili Buffett

Lili, the wife of Warren Buffett’s grandson Howard Warren Buffett, is VP of investor relations at Power Sustainable, and lists Carolina Herrera, Zimmermann and Johanna Ortiz among her favourite designers.

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Meet billionaire Warren Buffett’s musician son Peter Buffett

The 67-year-old Emmy award winner will help manage his father’s billions after the he dies – but has courted controversy over the town he’s redeveloping in New York.

Billionaire Warren Buffett’s youngest son Peter Buffett dropped out of Stanford University to pursue a career in music. Photo: Edward Wong
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

How common is prostate cancer in Hong Kong and what can you do to treat it?

In the wake of ex-US president Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis, the Post takes a closer look at how the disease affects Hongkongers.

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According to the Hospital Authority, prostate cancer was the fourth most common in Hong Kong after lung, breast and colorectum cancer as of 2022. Photo: Getty Images
Art

From Hong Kong to Mayfair: inside Rosamond and Ben Brown’s art world empire

Pillars of Hong Kong’s art scene, a mother and son team reveal the fine art of collecting and their ‘Warren Buffett’-style role.

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Gates to give away 99% of fortune, says Musk ‘killing’ world’s poorest children

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder speeds up donation plan, urges governments, wealthy people to help world’s poor.

Donald Trump

Buffett warns against Trump tariffs, says he wants to retire at end of year

The Berkshire Hathaway chair stunned shareholders with news that he hopes to hand over the reins to Greg Abel within months.

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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett attends the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump hits golf course as stocks plummet for a second straight day over tariffs

The US president shared a TikTok video that claimed he was crashing the stock market on purpose as part of a ‘secret game’.

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Donald Trump plays during the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, New Jersey, in July 2022. Photo: AP
Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD launches a ‘Model 3 killer’ at half the price of Tesla’s top seller

The Qin L and Xpeng’s Mona M03, which are priced around US$16,500, arrive as the US company’s mainland sales are dropping.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD resorts to forex trading strategy to counter yuan’s volatility

The world’s largest EV maker is aiming to protect its growing global operations from yuan volatility amid rising trade tensions.

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