Letter From America

Marion McKeone: Speedboats, steaks and sombre tones at Warren Buffett’s likely swansong

A map of the world invites customers to stick red pins in the country they’ve travelled from. Ten red pins leave Ireland with some room to spare

One or two moments are undeniably poignant. Having answered a question from one shareholder, Buffett does what he has been doing for decade. Picture: Johannes Eisele

Lennon and McCarthy, Simon and Garfunkel, Laurel and Hardy, Kirk and Spock, Beavis and Butthead.

Buffett and Munger.

For decades, a tongue in cheek opening movie, featuring Berkshire Hathaway’s chief executive and chairman Warren Buffett and his vice-chairman Charlie Munger, set the tone for the tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway stockholders who made the annual pilgrimage to Omaha iconic business gathering.

The lifelong friends and business partners took their roles as co-captains of America’s ...