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New York Times, May 1, 2010 article

 

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Pictures From the Berkshire Meeting

May 1, 2010, 12:28 pm
 

Berkshire meeting 2010

Nati Harnik/The Associated Press

Warren E. Buffett and Charlie Munger of Berkshire Hathaway, projected on the screen, preside over the firm’s 2010 annual meeting.
   

For many, Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting is something like a Woodstock for capitalists. Thousands flock from around the globe to Omaha to listen to Berkshire’s chief executive, Warren E. Buffett expound on the world at large, and this year is no exception.

DealBook has gathered some shots of the goings on at the Berkshire meeting, including the lighter moments that Mr. Buffett is known to indulge in. (Chief among them, as always: playing his ukelele and snacking on frozen treats from Dairy Queen, one of his favorite repasts.)

All photos below are credited to Rick Wilking/Reuters.
 

Buffett and ukelele

Mr. Buffett plays “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” with the Quebe Sisters Band on Saturday.

Buffett and ice cream

Mr. Buffett takes a bite out of a Dairy Queen vanilla orange ice cream bar.

Buffett and Munger cardboard cutout

Cartoon versions of Mr. Buffett and Berkshire’s vice chairman, Charles Munger, take a ride on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train cardboard sign at the annual meeting.

Doris Buffett

Doris Buffett, Mr. Buffett’s sister, examines a $595,000 diamond at Borsheim’s, a jewelry retailer owned by Berkshire, on Friday.

Buffett and model trains

Mr. Buffett shows onlookers a model Burlington Northern train.

Berkshire crowd

Thousands of Berkshire shareholders gathered for Saturday’s annual investor meeting.

 

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