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Patrick Weatherald and a friend recently took a 3,000-kilmometre road trip, but it wasn’t to the usual sports or concert event. The pair drove from Regina to Omaha, NE, to attend the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which is the holding company controlled by uber-investor Warren Buffett. At age 93, Mr. Buffett remains one of the investing world’s most sensible, well-informed and influential voices. Mr.
Q: Patrick, can you tell us a bit about yourself – age, occupation, where you live and how you came to travel down to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting?Patrick Weatherald recently took a 3,000-km road trip from Regina to Omaha, NE, to attend the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.A: I just turned 50 and am married with three children that are 18, 16 and 14. This was my third time in attendance, and I went with a friend who sells investment products.
For some perspective, we arrived at 5:45 a.m. to get in line for rush seating and there were several thousand people back in line for the 7 a.m. door opening. Celebrities at the meeting included Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Bill Murray and Kathy Ireland, along with famous investors like Mohnish Pabrai and Chuck Akre.
I found it interesting that almost everyone I met either owned shares in a Canadian company, or were researching that opportunity. It caught my attention, and lit up social media when Warren said in the Q&A that, ”We do not feel uncomfortable in any shape or form putting our money into Canada and in fact, we’re actually looking at one thing now.
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