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Attendance is down significantly this year with the arena only a little over half full.
Greg Abel led his first Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting as CEO, marking a major leadership transition.
KEY POINTS
- Attendance dropped significantly this year, with the arena only a little over half full at the start.
- Berkshire Hathaway's cash pile reached a record $397.4 billion at the end of the first quarter.
- Berkshire announced first-quarter profits more than doubled to $10.1 billion, driven by investment gains.
- Retail and service businesses now report to NetJets CEO Adam Johnson, a new administrative structure under Abel.
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