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Buffett says Apple is Berkshire portfolio's best business

May 06, 2023 at 02:07 pm EDT

OMAHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Apple Inc is a better business than any other in Berkshire Hathaway Inc's portfolio.

"Apple is different than the other businesses we own. It just happens to be a better business," said Buffett during Berkshire's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

Berkshire revealed a $1 billion stake in Apple in May 2016, and by March 2023 had boosted that stake to $151 billion, accounting for 46% of its $328 billion equity portfolio,

Buffett has long praised Apple CEO Tim Cook, and viewed Apple less as a technology company and more as a consumer products company with a dominant product, the iPhone, that people want and need.

Berkshire has recently held a 5.6% stake in Apple, and Buffett said it could buy more.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in Omaha, Nebraska and Carolina Mandl in New York; editing by Diane Craft)

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Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett is an American businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies. Presently, Mr. Buffett occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for General Reinsurance AG, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp., Chief Executive Officer at Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Investment Management) and Manager of Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC (which are all subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.). Mr. Buffett is also Trustee at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Principal at West End Capital Management (Bermuda) Ltd. and Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences and on the board of 5 other companies. Mr. Buffett previously was Chairman of Justin Brands, Inc. Mr. Buffett received an undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York.

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