For decades, no money manager has commanded the attention of Wall Street professionals and everyday investors quite like Berkshire Hathaway‘s (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) Warren Buffett.
This reverence derives from his jaw-dropping outperformance of the benchmark S&P 500 since becoming CEO 60 years ago. In that period, he’s overseen a greater than 6,230,000% aggregate return in his company’s Class A shares (BRK.A), which compares to a total return, including dividends, of around 39,700% for the S&P 500 over the same timeline.
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Image source: The Motley Fool.