How Long Have you been a Continuous Shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway?

[MarioP]

I bought my first B share at the IPO (1996) going against Warren recommandation. Never regrets it. 
 

I wanted to buy an A share before that but it was worth more than my entire portfolio and growing faster.

 

For the first time since that purchase novembre 2025 saw another stock as the biggest % of my porfolio. Between some selling and FFH growth this one is now my biggest position

[dymanojbabu]

2018 Since I opened Robinhood account. 

[focused1]

Early 30s.  In March 2020, I had just spent the last six months negotiating a NAV based financing deal to get a lender on the hook to fund new investments at significant % of our private equity fund’s NAV as dry powder in advance of what I thought would be a market correction.   I was the first investment team employee and was all in on making this work come hell or high water hoping to get carry in the next fundraise when this all paid off.     I spent two entire March days in a sweaty conference room pitching the lender why our private oil deals were worth multiples of what the lender thought they would be worth and walking through years of deal making rationale.   The market crashed further that week and the financing deal never happened as the lender may not have even had their own funding locked up. My career track in PE torpedoed but I didn’t know it yet. The next day they announced that de blasio was considering a city wide quarantine and someone on the news said they might close the bridges.  That sounded too much like a bad Batman movie for our liking.  My wife and I decided to get in an uber to my parent’s house in the burbs and never returned to the apartment except to move out.   The following week we put 100% of our cash pile (literally our entire net worth other than what was locked up in my PE fund at work- we had avoided making investments at the “top”) in Berkshire Hathaway shares sitting at the kitchen table in my childhood home.   Our cost basis overall is just a little bit under $160.      A portion of the gains since then paid for my wife to go to an ivy league business school with no debt at the end. We still own shares in retirement accounts that we bought from that time.   Since then, my investments have been more focused in more under the radar companies because Berkshire is no longer the value it once was. Still an oil investor. 

[longlake95]

May 2003. I think it was a Tuesday. 

[John Hjorth]

I'm pretty sure the first time I bought Berkshire was a thursday. 

 

No matter the weekday, you may have done well, if you've been holding on, @longlake95!  

[longlake95]

Yes, I’ve held every share and added along the way too. It’s been a true rock of Gibraltar for my family. Ever grateful. 

[DooDiligence]

A little Edith Piaf seems appropriate about now.

 

 

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For some reason this popped up when I was searching for Edith Piaf.

 

 

[John Hjorth]

13 minutes ago, longlake95 said:

Yes, I’ve held every share and added along the way too. It’s been a true rock of Gibraltar for my family. Ever grateful. 

 

It seems to be working satisfactorily, over time. The key so far has been patience of the holder.

[villainx]

3 hours ago, focused1 said:

Early 30s.  In March 2020, I had just spent the last six months negotiating a NAV based financing deal to get a lender on the hook to fund new investments at significant % of our private equity fund’s NAV as dry powder in advance of what I thought would be a market correction.   I was the first investment team employee and was all in on making this work come hell or high water hoping to get carry in the next fundraise when this all paid off.     I spent two entire March days in a sweaty conference room pitching the lender why our private oil deals were worth multiples of what the lender thought they would be worth and walking through years of deal making rationale.   The market crashed further that week and the financing deal never happened as the lender may not have even had their own funding locked up. My career track in PE torpedoed but I didn’t know it yet. The next day they announced that de blasio was considering a city wide quarantine and someone on the news said they might close the bridges.  That sounded too much like a bad Batman movie for our liking.  My wife and I decided to get in an uber to my parent’s house in the burbs and never returned to the apartment except to move out.   The following week we put 100% of our cash pile (literally our entire net worth other than what was locked up in my PE fund at work- we had avoided making investments at the “top”) in Berkshire Hathaway shares sitting at the kitchen table in my childhood home.   Our cost basis overall is just a little bit under $160.      A portion of the gains since then paid for my wife to go to an ivy league business school with no debt at the end. We still own shares in retirement accounts that we bought from that time.   Since then, my investments have been more focused in more under the radar companies because Berkshire is no longer the value it once was. Still an oil investor. 

 

 

Good story!  BRK was a covid purchase for me too but rather unmemorable buy decision then.

 

 

[yesman182]

On 3/12/2025 at 6:46 PM, focused1 said:

Early 30s.  In March 2020, I had just spent the last six months negotiating a NAV based financing deal to get a lender on the hook to fund new investments at significant % of our private equity fund’s NAV as dry powder in advance of what I thought would be a market correction.   I was the first investment team employee and was all in on making this work come hell or high water hoping to get carry in the next fundraise when this all paid off.     I spent two entire March days in a sweaty conference room pitching the lender why our private oil deals were worth multiples of what the lender thought they would be worth and walking through years of deal making rationale.   The market crashed further that week and the financing deal never happened as the lender may not have even had their own funding locked up. My career track in PE torpedoed but I didn’t know it yet. The next day they announced that de blasio was considering a city wide quarantine and someone on the news said they might close the bridges.  That sounded too much like a bad Batman movie for our liking.  My wife and I decided to get in an uber to my parent’s house in the burbs and never returned to the apartment except to move out.   The following week we put 100% of our cash pile (literally our entire net worth other than what was locked up in my PE fund at work- we had avoided making investments at the “top”) in Berkshire Hathaway shares sitting at the kitchen table in my childhood home.   Our cost basis overall is just a little bit under $160.      A portion of the gains since then paid for my wife to go to an ivy league business school with no debt at the end. We still own shares in retirement accounts that we bought from that time.   Since then, my investments have been more focused in more under the radar companies because Berkshire is no longer the value it once was. Still an oil investor. 

Now that is what you call ticking the bottom, if you jumped in sub 160.

[Libs]

I first bought in 1998, at the ripe old age of 36. Everything I was reading about Buffett just clicked with me. I've been up to 90% BRK at various times over the years.

It's never been less than a 5% position. The funny thing is, I've made even more money from implementing his teachings than from owning the stock. 

Edited March 22, 2025 by Libs

[boilermaker75]

On 2/10/2025 at 7:22 AM, boilermaker75 said:

Looking it up I see I started purchasing BRK in 2008. Good thing I checked because my memory thought earlier.

 

I have been adding continuously. I always have some open put positions I have written. When put to I sometimes keep the shares and sometimes I write covered calls on them.

 

My lowest purchase price was $60.24.

 

All of my purchases have been on Fridays

[Buffett_Groupie]

Fill in the blanks :

 

Date	BRK.A share price
May 10, 1965	$15.00
1977	$100.00
1983	$1,000.00
1992	$10,000.00
2006	$100,000.00
2014	$200,000.00
2017	$300,000.00
2021	$400,000.00
2022	$500,000.00
2024	$600,000.00
2024	$700,000.00
2025	$800,000.00
??	$900,000.00
??	$1,000,000.00

 

 

Edited April 6, 2025 by Buffett_Groupie

[gfp]

6 minutes ago, Buffett_Groupie said:

Fill in the blanks:

 

Date	BRK.A share price
May 10, 1965	$15.00
1977	$100.00
1983	$1,000.00
1992	$10,000.00
2006	$100,000.00
2014	$200,000.00
2017	$300,000.00
2021	$400,000.00
2022	$500,000.00
2024	$600,000.00
2024	$700,000.00
2025	$800,000.00
2027	$900,000.00
2028	$1,000,000.00

 

 

 

[Buffett_Groupie]

12 minutes ago, gfp said:

Thanks, @gfp for reinforcing and reaffirming my extreme confirmation/commitment bias + social proof + Liking/Loving + extrapolation tendencies

 

 

Edited April 6, 2025 by Buffett_Groupie

[gfp]

Haha - we'll high five in 2028.  Maybe I can run up a million miles on my toyota by then

 

[Buckeye]

I first started buying around 2009 ish? It was after the announcement of the B share split for the BNSF acquisition, but before it split. If I remember correctly, the stock didn’t move much on the news and I thought the split would open the stock up to more investors. Turns out a mis-guided investment thesis in a good investment still turns out well! 
 

I have bought BRK every year since 2009, except for this year (so far). Anytime I had extra money to invest, with no obvious candidate, I’d dump it into BRK and forget about it.  It’s also looking like FRFHF has become my new holding to send any extra funds. 

 

Interesting side note…my cousin graduated college that same time I started buying BRK and so for his graduation gift, I gave him a letter that said something to the effect of “This certificate is good for one share of BRKB, to be redeemed anytime.” I think at the time the share price was around $66.00 (post split)? 
 

The stock is now @ $500/share and I am still holding it for him Every year at our family’s Christmas I’ll say, “Do you want me to keep holding? And he’ll say “Yep!”

 

He doesn’t know this yet, but I am planning on cashing him out when the stock hits $1000, mostly because I don’t want to have to write a check much bigger than that. Ha! It’s been a fun little experiment and I am hopeful that he’ll reinvest the proceeds back into BRK. 

Edited April 6, 2025 by Buckeye