Even as other billionaires watch their fortunes shrink in the recent market turbulence—with Elon Musk alone losing over $139 billion in 2025 (as of April 21), Warren Buffett's net worth has grown by $16.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has invested through every sort of market cycle -- from the most flourishing to times of major losses. In fact, over 59 years as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, he's helped deliver a compounded annual gain of almost 20% -- largely surpassing the S&P 500's compounded annual gain of about 10%.

When Warren Buffett hosts “Woodstock for Capitalists” 11 days from now, he’ll have replaced one pesky question with another. Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on more cash than any company in history, including its own,