Crowd shrinks as Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO leads the annual meeting for the first time Saturday.

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    "excerpt": "Crowd shrinks as Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO leads the annual meeting for the first time Saturday.\n\nOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The folksy wisdom and jokes that were a staple of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for decades when Warren Buffett led the show was mostly replaced Saturday with detailed business discussions led by new CEO Greg Abel.\n\n3 May 2026\n\nBy JOSH FUNK\n\nOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The folksy wisdom and jokes that were a staple of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for decades when Warren Buffett led the show was mostly replaced Saturday with detailed business discussions led by new CEO Greg Abel.\n\nAttendance is down significantly this year with the arena only a little over half full, but still no other corporate meeting can come close to matching the crowds at Berkshire's Woodstock for Capitalists. For years, more than 40,000 attended to listen to the 95-year-old Buffett and - before his death in 2023, Buffett's longtime partner Charlie Munger was always part of the fun. Buffett gave up the CEO title in January, but he remains chairman and did make a few comments during the meeting.\n\nBerkshire's businesses were the focus, but timely topics like the Iran war and the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence also came up.\n\nVice Chairman Ajit Jain said Berkshire would be willing to insure ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz if the price was right and the U.S. Navy...",
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