Warren Buffett is notoriously critical of digital currencies as speculative and lacking real value. Yet he passed up a chance to comment a few years ago when asked about cryptocurrency’s growth into a trillion-dollar industry.
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“We think so much alike that it’s spooky,” Warren Buffett said of Charlie Munger in a 1977 World-Herald interview.
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Among history’s famous duos — Rodgers and Hammerstein, Abbott and Costello, Simon and Garfunkel, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers — few enjoyed the decades of longevity of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
BRENDAN SULLIVAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
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Charlie Munger, Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, waves to a small gathering of fans in 2018.
THE WORLD-HERALD
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You could say Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were drawn together long before they were actually drawn together (as pictured at one of Berkshire's displays during its annual meeting). Though they didn't know each other then, Munger even worked at a grocery store owned by Buffett's grandfather.
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Photos: Berkshire Hathaway 2023 annual shareholders meeting weekend in Omaha
Hundreds wait in line for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting outside the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday.
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People wait in line for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting outside the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday.
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People head inside for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting outside the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday.
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People wait in line in a skyway for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting outside the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday.
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NetJets pilots picket for better wages and quality of life outside the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting at CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday.
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Tom Ecker tries on a cowboy hat at the Justin Boots booth during the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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Lucas Anderson of Casey, Illinois tries on VR goggles for a flight simulator at the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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Lucas Anderson of Casey, Illinois, tries on VR goggles for a flight simulator during the vendor event at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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People cross 10th Street to make their way to the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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Shoppers walk the floor during the “Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains” at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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People check out the display for Clayton Homes during the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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Shoppers walk the hall outside of he CHI Health Center during the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at ton Friday.
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Shoppers checkout the BNST Railway display at the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains at the CHI Health Center on Friday.
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