Greg Abel Recently Plowed $4.2 Billion Into Warren Buffett's Favorite Stock, and It Wasn't Apple

Key Points Buffett guided the Berkshire Hathaway holding company to market-beating returns from 1965 to 2025. During his final years as CEO, he bought a whopping $77.8 billion worth of one stock that doesn't appear in Berkshire's portfolio. Berkshire's new CEO, Greg Abel, recently picked up where Buffett left off. 10 stocks we like better than Berkshire Hathaway › Warren Buffett served as chief executive officer of the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) investment company between 1965 and 2025. He turned it into a $1 trillion conglomerate with numerous wholly owned subsidiaries, a $350 billion stock portfolio, and more than $300 billion in cash.